Societies Blogs

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• Ghosts of West Norwood — A ThenVsNow duel at West Norwood Cemetery, matching a 1968 Lambeth Archives photo with my 2024 shot. I trace John Britto
• 'The Resort of Thieves and Harlots'; Victoria Park Cemetery, Bethnal Green — Ever wondered why Victoria Park Cemetery was called "the resort of thieves and harlots"? I tell the story of Victoria Pa
• The Legend of Long Bill Jenkins - William Daniel Jenkins (1767-1798), Nunhead Cemetery — A huge lead coffin found beneath the Bank of England starts this London grave mystery. I follow William Daniel Jenkins,
• Death in the Pillory; John Waller, Seven Dials, 1732 — Seven Dials, 1732: a London mob delivered a gruesome death in the pillory, stripping an informer and beating him to deat