Newsreel footage of the Lewisham (1957) and Hither Green (1967) rail disasters:
The Lewisham rail crash occurred on 4th December 1957 just outside St Johns railway station. Ninety people were killed and 173 injured.
The Hither Green rail crash occurred on 5 November 1967 opposite Hither Green Traction Maintenance Depot, between Hither Green and Grove Park railway stations. A Sunday evening express train from Hastings to London derailed shortly before the train crossed the St Mildred's Road railway bridge. Most of the carriages overturned, two of them having their sides torn off. 49 people died.
A Bedouin tent in West London
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Between a terrace of houses and a traditional English church in Mortlake,
West London is a surprising mausoleum. Not only is it much larger than
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