Viv, is the Illustrated London News still being published? I used to read it in the library when I was at university, and thoroughly enjoyed it!The building in 1854 described as the "front of the new Grand Central Railway Station"
Viv.
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Thank you!No it is not . Went the same way as so many magazines
Such grand building, no brutalist designs there!A view from 1904
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This might have been the view from your bedroom in 1912
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Why on earth would you need a 'bed ticket ?!
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hi oldstuff if the card has already not found a new home i would like it please with a view to trying to trace any of lawences family who may like the card especially given the sad circumstances leading to his death...i have sent you a private messageWould anyone like the above.. Came across the site whilst researching some old business cards I found. This is a particularly nice one. It's free to a good home and refers to the American bar at the Queens Hotel in Birmingham
hi oldstuff if the card has already not found a new home i would like it please with a view to trying to trace any of lawences family who may like the card especially given the sad circumstances leading to his death...i have sent you a private message
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many thanks to oldstuff who is sending me this card...my intention is to do some research in the hopes of locating any surviving family who may like the card ...when i am ready i will start a thread under the appropriate forum sectionWould anyone like the above.. Came across the site whilst researching some old business cards I found. This is a particularly nice one. It's free to a good home and refers to the American bar at the Queens Hotel in Birmingham