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Factory Chimneys in Italian Renaissance Style

By: Kathleen Duffy

The industrial heritage of the UK includes factory chimneys designed to emulate the beauty of Italian Renaissance bell towers or campanile. The results are stunning. more...

Charles Dickens and the Metropolitan Police

By: Brenda Ralph Lewis

When the Metropolitan Police Force, founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel, started work in London, England, in 1829, there was plenty of crime to investigate and cri more...

Victorian Child Labour

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

In Victorian England many children as young as five began working in the most appalling conditions imaginable. more...

The Bloody Code and The English Legal System

By: Brenda Ralph Lewis

The French Revolution of 1789 cast a long shadow over the English legal system, raising fears that its influence might give the populace subversive ideas more...

The Silver Swan and Bowes Museum

By: Dave McFadzean

Visit a quite unique community museum in Teesdale, Northern England. View the priceless relic that is the Silver Swan. Watch this fantastic machine as it fishes daily. more...

Eighteenth Century Directory of Prostitutes

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Jack Harris was a rogue who gave his name to a scandalous bestseller publication in Georgian London. more...

Prostitution in Georgian England

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

London in the 18th century was a raucous place typified prostitution practiced openly with some ladies servicing their clients in public. more...

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