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1. Student.
*Student. An unknown pupil of the Royal Hospital School, set up as part of the Royal Hospital Greenwich nearly 300 years ago. The school educated the sons of...
2. Stamford Street Chapel.
*Stamford Street Chapel. Stamford Street Chapel, Southwark.
3. Snowfields and Ferguson’s Rents, 1894.
*Snowfields and Ferguson’s Rents, 1894. The back of Snowfields and the front of Ferguson’s Rents, Rotherhithe in 1894. This was typical of much working-class housing in the late 19th...
4. Teachers and pupils at the Royal Hospital School.
*Teachers and pupils at the Royal Hospital School. Teachers and boys at the Royal Hospital School in the 1850s. The Royal Hospital School was founded as part of the Greenwich Seaman's Hospital in...
5. The Anson Ward with the figure-head of the old ship Centurion.
*The Anson Ward with the figure-head of the old ship Centurion. The figurehead from the 60-gun 'Centurion' (1732) was presented to the Hospital in 1836. This was the ship on which Commodore Anson circumnavigated...
6. The crowd outside the London Steam Boat Company's office.
*The crowd outside the London Steam Boat Company's office. Another dramatic scene from the extended 'Illustrated London News' coverage of the 'Princess Alice' disaster. After news of the collision spread, a...
7. The Cockerell Company.
*The Cockerell Company. It is not certain what trade the Cockerell Company undertook, but it was by Royal Appointment, as it seen from the markings on the cart. Note the...
8. The Brunner Mond Works in 1895.
*The Brunner Mond Works in 1895. The Brunner Mond Works in 1895, scene of the infamous disaster on 19 January 1917. On that day the plant, which had been converted to refine TNT, was...
9. Sing Seng.
*Sing Seng. Sing Seng arrived in London as an “Amah” or children’s nurse from Ningpo in 1858. She later returned to China in the service of the...
10. Rotherhithe Street. c. 1860.
*Rotherhithe Street. c. 1860. Rotherhithe Street, c. 1860. This was a narrow street running along the rim of the Rotherhithe peninsula, sandwiched between the Thames and the...
 
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