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The Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret (1)

  It is possible that the Herb Garret existed in the attic of St Thomas’s Church as early as 1703. It … More

Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret, St Thomas Hospital

Admiral Arthur Phillip, founder of Sydney

Arthur Philip was born in London in 1738. He attended the Greenwich Hospital School and in 1753 joined a whaling boat. … More

Admiral Arthur Phillip, statues and memorials in London, Sydney Australia

London Churches: St Martin-le-Grand

All that remains of St Martins is the road that was named after it just north of St Paul’s Cathedral. … More

St Martin-le-grand

Free Course on History of Portus

The short course I did through Southampton University is still available through FutureLearn   or at: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/portus

Ancient Rome's ports, Portus

Visualising Portus

Here are a couple of videos on the visualisation project  

Ancient Rome's ports, Portus

Portus: Port of Rome

A couple of years back I had the opportunity to do a short course run by the University of Southampton … More

Ancient Rome's ports, Portus

Fitzrovia Chapel (3)

Some more photographs of the magnificent Fitzrovia Chapel in central London.  

Fitzrovia Chapel

The London fences made from stretchers

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Famously many of the iron and steel railings in the U.K. were removed and melted down…

London Stretchers as fences

Ships of the Medway

John H Amos A steam paddle tug built on the Clyde for the Tees Conservancy. Its main function was towing … More

John H Amos, Medway Queen, SS Richard Montgomery

Red Hands

Originally posted on Through My Lens:
Australia has a rich Aboriginal heritage, a small part of which is showcased in the Red…

Australia

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