...time. The Times newspapers for the early 1800s carry hundreds of notices for auctions held by the Winstanley’s firm. James joined the family business in 1806 and in 1840 he...
...would be the last coronation banquet to take place in the Hall. George IV’s coronation and banquet cost approximately £250,000 at the time (roughly £27 million in today’s money) and...
...Prime Minister LG/F/37/1/31, Parliamentary Archives, 28 September 1921 8 - 10 NOVEMBER 1921: PASSING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) BILL The Local Authorities (Financial Provisions) Bill was rushed through Parliament...
...Winston Churchill’s maiden speech given the day before. Tariff reform and Irish Home Rule would remain a constant passion for Bonar Law throughout his political career. In 1902 Bonar Law...
...iconic roof we know today is from the repairs, redesign, and rebuilding commissioned by Richard II in 1393. The oak hammer beam roof is the largest medieval timber roof in...
...Legion’. The British Legion was established to care for those who had suffered either financially or with their health because of military service during the First World War and to...
...order. However, it did give me access to some absolutely fantastic records. I had been to the Parliamentary Archives before to conduct dissertation research, but only saw a minute fraction...
...represented for fourteen years. Stone started collecting photographs as a record of everyday life in this country and abroad - he was a world-wide traveller - but, finding he could...
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...with even the quills of albatrosses being available for sale. Warning that continuation will lead to inevitable annihilation. For these breeds ‘their beauty is their ruin’. (Read this debate in...
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