Discovering an Unsung Hero of the London Blitz
In May 2025, the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, the Post Office will issue a new set of stamps, the Valour and Victory: Stories of the Second World War – Special Stamp Issues. This commemorates some of the forgotten heroes of WWII, especially those non-combatants who worked so courageously during the horrors of…
400 years of York Watergate
Before London’s Victoria Embankment was built, the roads south of the Strand ran down to the river’s edge. There, by the steep river stairs, boatmen waited to ferry passengers along what was then London’s busy main highway – the Thames. Most river stairs were open to the public and served London’s transport needs in a…
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