150 Years of Alexandra Palace
Sitting high in north London’s skyline, Alexandra Palace has been a prominent leisure attraction since the 19th century.
Sitting high in north London’s skyline, Alexandra Palace has been a prominent leisure attraction since the 19th century.
The lives of Victorian mill workers were far from easy. Fines, beatings, maiming and even death, were commonplace.
The River Thames flows through Dickens’ life and work as a constant presence, the atmospheric backdrop to everyday experiences, but often dark and malevolent, dangerous.
A rare survival from a dramatic stage in the Industrial Revolution, Shrewsbury Flaxmill was built during a period of innovation and social upheaval.
Named after the 63 year reign of Queen Victoria, the era 1837 – 1901 inspired unprecedented social, intellectual and technological change.
In the 19th and 20th centuries many of the biggest social and political changes originated or gained unstoppable momentum in Yorkshire.
Edward Kemp was one of the most prolific and influential landscape designers of the Victorian era.
We take a look through our archive to illustrate how beach holidays have changed over the centuries.