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Horror in The Dark – The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster of 1943 and its Memorial

Sheldon Goodman

Apr 26, 2016
4 min

Horror in The Dark – The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster of 1943 and its Memorial

by Christina It’s funny- you can live in London for years, and every so often you still come across an area of the city you have never been to and know nothing about. I have lived on the outskirts of London for most of my 32 years, and I had never been to Bethnal Green Tube Station until last month. I found myself there for work, and I needed to hit two particular locations that were difficult to reach from the same station. Using Google Maps, I worked out a route that involv

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Sheldon Goodman

Apr 26, 2016
4 min

Horror in The Dark – The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster of 1943 and its Memorial

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Outside London: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Sheldon Goodman

Oct 19, 2015
3 min

Outside London: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

by Christina In Berlin, we went to see the Holocaust Memorial. It was raining as we arrived. The memorial is rows and rows of concrete blocks – they go back and back and back. They start off at knee height and as you walk further and further in they rise above your head and the ground undulates underneath your feet until you are so low down, or maybe the towering slabs are so high, that the city sounds muted and far away, and you feel like you are sealed in. You can’t see the

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Sheldon Goodman

Oct 19, 2015
3 min

Outside London: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

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Sheldon Goodman

Aug 31, 2015
2 min

Normandy in Colour – A Photo Post

by Christina When I think about war cemeteries, this is the sort of thing I imagine – somewhere quiet and bleak and sombre. Recently I went to Normandy with Dan and we visited Bayeux War Cemetery and the Marigny German Military Cemetery. I had been to both before but this time, in late summer/early autumn we were greeted with something I hadn’t experienced on my previous visits – a blaze of colour. The cemetery at Marigny was originally a temporary American war cemetery, used

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Sheldon Goodman

Aug 31, 2015
2 min

Normandy in Colour – A Photo Post

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‘A Quiet, Beautiful Slope About a Mile On The Southern Side of Crystal Palace’

Sheldon Goodman

May 25, 2015
4 min

‘A Quiet, Beautiful Slope About a Mile On The Southern Side of Crystal Palace’

On a sunny day in May, I went for a walk and photo outing. Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery, located in the London Borough of Bromley. It was an intrinsic part of my childhood, and is probably the reason that I found Sheldon’s original proposal for trips to all 7 of the Magnificent London cemeteries so intriguing back in 2011. I had grown up with this one. My Dad used to take my brother and I to collect conkers from underneath the giant horse chestnut trees there on autumn

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Sheldon Goodman

May 25, 2015
4 min

‘A Quiet, Beautiful Slope About a Mile On The Southern Side of Crystal Palace’

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Penge: The Town at the ‘Edge of Wood’ and Its Memorial

Sheldon Goodman

Oct 20, 2014
3 min

Penge: The Town at the ‘Edge of Wood’ and Its Memorial

by Christina Most people who live in Penge, south east London who know anything about it’s history have learned it from the walls of the Moon & Stars pub, located on the high street next to Sainsbury’s. There, as well as an impressive selection of real ales and craft beers, you can find a veritable treasure trove of information about Penge history, from it’s ancient name (Penceat, meaning ‘edge of wood’) to the characters that adorned the high street at the beginning of the 2

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Sheldon Goodman

Oct 20, 2014
3 min

Penge: The Town at the ‘Edge of Wood’ and Its Memorial

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Outside London: The Cliffs of St Bees Part II

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 1, 2013
2 min

Outside London: The Cliffs of St Bees Part II

by Christina I feel like I was a little harsh on St Bees when I last wrote about it. The beach was not the prettiest I have ever seen, it’s true, but it was a sunny day and the village was gorgeous and there were hulking sandstone cliffs that I nearly slid off of and into the Irish Sea. Since I’ve been back in London I’ve been doing some research into the history of the village and I’ve learned a lot – St Bees is the only Heritage Coast between Wales & Scotland for example. A

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Sheldon Goodman

Aug 1, 2013
2 min

Outside London: The Cliffs of St Bees Part II

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