4468 Mallard

4468 Mallard was built at Doncaster in 1938. The A4 class was designed for the North-Eastern Railway by Sir Nigel … More

Portland, Dorset (1)

As my two-day butterfly trip to Portland next week has now morphed into a 4-day trip courtesy of the Rail … More

Following on from the history of Whitehall palace post last week, I thought I would post some of my … More

On Monday I heard a very interesting lecture on the history of the Palace of Whitehall, which reminded me of … More

One of the iconic and most visited places in London is the Tower. The earliest part of the structure that … More

Bush House is a large imposing building in Kingsway, near the Strand in central London. It is named after its … More

Sue and I recently spent 2 weeks in Cheshire and one of the places we visited was the City of … More

Next month will mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Grace Darling Grace Darling was born in Bamburgh in … More

The first was about a visit to Oxford when she met up with Lewis Carroll, writer of Alice in … More

I was reminded the other day of a wonderful story about Queen Victoria. When she was still quite young she … More