In 1951, just six years after WW2, Britain’s towns and cities still showed the scars of war that remained a constant reminder of the turmoil of the previous years.
The 1951 Festival of Britain
Young Charles Dickens
When Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was 12 years old, his family relocated from Kent to Camden Town in London.
The names of the Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters cliffs are made of chalk that formed where the South Downs meets the sea and are the remnants of dry valleys in the chalk South Downs.
The most expensive street in the UK
The most expensive street in the UK is Kensington Palace Gardens, with an average property value in 2018 of £35,696.711
The diver who saved a cathedral!
In the early 1900’s, huge cracks started to appear at the west end of Winchester Cathedral, with huge chunks of stone falling to the ground, the cathedral seemed in danger of complete collapse.
