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when was the last British Airways Concorde Flight

The worlds most successful supersonic airliner, Concorde, flew its last commercial flight for British Airways on the 24th October 2003. Concorde was a supersonic jet which flew for national carriers British Airways and Air France. The aircraft could fly twice the speed of sound and ran a regular service between Europe and the United States of America. […]

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The Balham Bombing: Rediscovering a Forgotten Tragedy

Over eighty years ago, on October 14, 1940, in the South London area of Balham, a devastating bombing raid produced one of the stand-out pictures of the blitz, with a photograph of the number 88 London Bus, on the last run of the day, sunk in the bomb crater above the Balham tube station. The […]

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Before the Routemaster: The legendary AEC Regent III RT and RF buses

Incredible history records of the RT fleet i.e. snapshot of RT3251 LLU 610 This bus started life in July 1950 making its final service run April 1979. It is incredible these machines have been kept and a testament to those that continue to maintain them, the London Bus Museum.  RT buse in the garage Did […]

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Ride the Fastest Trains in London with Azuma

London Mainline Trains and Stations As you review the page you may be mistaken to play spot the difference, many of the trains are based on the Hitachi A-train design. Great Western Railway and it’s new Hitachi Trains The Great Western Railway company operates from London, South West and theWest of England and started life […]

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The American dream: Airstream trailers feeding London

The Legendary Aluminium Trailer Coming across an Airstream trailer in London Travel Trailers (Caravans) built from the the late 1920’s in California up to 1979 and still going strong from the factory that relocated to Ohio 1952 Previous Next airstream a Brief Introduction! On our usual travels, out and about in London we were on […]

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CrossRail Place the biggest Timber project in the UK

Cross rail Place is amazing and one of the UK’s biggest timer project yet! full of beautiful plants on its artificial island and a garden roof and shops. Its a really relaxing, happy place to go and have fun with kids with a fun area where people come and dance and play music!

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Uncovering the Dark History of Liverpool Street Station: A Haunting Tale

The station was first opened in 1874, and over the years, it has undergone various renovations to accommodate the increasing passenger traffic. Liverpool Street Station is located in the City of London, which is the financial district of London. The station is named after the street on which it is located, and it is known […]

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Inside the Massive Liverpool Street Station Complex

A short history of Liverpool Street Station London’s Liverpool Street station opened in 1874 and became within 20 years the largest number of platforms for a London terminus station. The station was built on two main levels, one for underground platforms and trains and on the upper levels by the main metropolitan train stations.   […]

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Walbrook Station, Bank Underground Stations new Apprentice

The station itself is located in the heart of the financial district, more commonly referred to as the Square Mile. Is Walbrook a station or an Entrance to the sprawling Bank underground station complex? A quick look at the underground map. gives us a hint, this is an entrance. https://content.tfl.gov.uk/large-print-tube-map.pdf Why is it called Walbrook? […]

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Crossrail: The Secret Life of a Megaproject

London Transport Museum: Exhibition about Crossrail The Secret Life of a Megaproject Family exhibition children go free