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Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Around Gatwick , Bournemouth, City Breaks, Days Out, Tourist Information Centres, Travel Information, Weekend Breaks, A - Z Towns, Cities and Villages, Accommodation Accessible Accommodation, B&B & Guest Houses, Camping & To...
The fireboat was constructed in 1935 for a cost of £18,000 by the J Samuel White company in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Named for Sir Eyre Massey Shaw – the first Chief Officer of what was then named the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, the vessel was designed to London County Council s...
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The Royal Navy Museum is spread over three brick storehouses that line the main road into the dockyard from the gate. It contains galleries about the Navy in the 20th century and the age of sail, as well as Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar (about which there is an excellent audiovisual...
A sign giving information about the country’s first traffic light system, installed outside the Houses of Parliament, London, 10 December 1868. Richard Mayne was chief of the Metropolitan Police. Source: Creative Commons. The first traffic light system in Britain to control ‘vehicles...
1899 plans for further extension, begun 1901, included pretty isolation hospital, farm buildings stores, bakehouse, boiler house, butchers shop, attractive house for the medical superintendent, lodges and staff houses. Extract from the 6-inch OS map, revised 1902-3. Reproduced by permission of the...