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Category: History

HMS Warrior (4)

History, HMS Warrior, Portsmouth, Warships

A country station c 1930

Some pictures from the recreation of a country station at STEAM Swindon

History, Steam Trains

HMS Warrior (3)

The upper deck armaments of HMS Warrior consisted of a number of side orientated cannons, together with manoeuvrable stern and … More

History, HMS Warrior, Portsmouth, Warships

Podcast: The History of England

The history of England is a weekly podcast by David Crowther. It plans to cover English history from the year … More

England, History, Podcast

The Hovercraft

When I was in Southsea a couple weeks ago I was delighted to find that there was still a commercial … More

aviation, History, Hovercraft, isle of wight, Pegwell Bay, Southsea, transportation

Swindon Great Western Railway works

The site of the Great Western railways Swindon works was a massive site adjoining the north side of the London … More

Steam Trains, Swindon

Things we blame the Romans for!

Bad roads apparently I was interested to read in this mornings Times that an county official in Kent has blamed … More

Swindon Railway Village

The GWR built a small railway village to house some of its workers. The facilities provided in the village included … More

Steam Trains, Swindon

Roman London

Pictures of the model of Roman London [Displayed in the Museum of London]

London, Roman history

Roman London revealed

Exciting news about Roman London from the ‘ Bloomberg place Dig site’ Well done @molarchaeology! Our understanding of Roman London … More

Roman history

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