https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-LeisureHour-1896/pages/437-london-driving/

There is nothing new under the sun: this 1896 illustration by Alfred Chantry Corbould goes with an article about London drivers and how bad they are.

#londonHistory #London #horseAndCarriage #vintageIllustration #vintageArt #AlfredChantryCorbould #blackAndWhite #vintageEngraving #driving #LondonBusDrivers #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3

#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1942, the current Waterloo Bridge in London partially opens. The construction force included many women, giving it the nickname “the Ladies Bridge”.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #LondonHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/england-built-by-women/

#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1928, hundreds of women march through London to a Communist Party rally, demanding better working conditions.

[photo via https://redflagwalks.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/pawky-comments-in-downing-street-the-march-of-the-women-on-11th-march-1928/ ]

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #LondonHistory #Histodons

Two new #OpenAccess histories from UCL Press,:

Student London
A new history of higher education in the capital
Georgina Brewis & Sam Blaxland

https://uclpress.co.uk/book/student-london/

Survey of London:
University College London, The Bloomsbury Campus

https://uclpress.co.uk/book/university-college-london/

#History #LondonHistory

During the Napoleonic wars there was a man in a volunteers corps called James Poole. Soldiers had to make their own uniforms and his improvised creation had caught the officers' attention, and they started ordering from the amateur tailor. After the wars, he and his son Henry basically put Savile Row on the map.

#fashion #fashionhistory #London #LondonHistory

Londonist: How Good is AI at Making London Maps?. “I think we can all agree that this is an attractive image. It’s got the basics right, too. There is the walled settlement of Londinium on the north bank of the Thames, with a single bridge spanning the water. That, however, is the sum of its fidelity. Everything else is a suitcase of piffle.”

City of London England: New online archive launched to celebrate more than 20 years of the Liberty Festival and the UK’s disability arts scene. “Now, for the first time, materials relating to the festival’s history are available in one place, offering a rich resource for audiences, researchers, and future cultural innovators. The digital guide is accessible by design, including features […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/05/city-of-london-england-new-online-archive-launched-to-celebrate-more-than-20-years-of-the-liberty-festival-and-the-uks-disability-arts-scene/