Tag Archives: history

The School Year (1950s and 1960s): On little or no money

Posted on January 13, 2021 by LBHF Libraries

The post war and baby boomer years were pretty tough for many Shepherds Bush families. Money was tight and younger children would often wear hand-me-down clothes. Sometimes both parents worked, or the father would have to do extra work. Neighbours … Continue reading →

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Fulham Town Hall

Posted on April 15, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

Fulham Town Hall was completed in 1890 and two later extensions were built in 1904 and 1934.  It is now listed as Grade II*.   In 2011 the Council decided that the few remaining offices in the town hall should be … Continue reading →

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“From then till now”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by LBHF Libraries

Long-time librarian, Elin Jones, reflects on her career working in Hammersmith and Fulham libraries… I retired this April after thirty-six and a half years of library service – and what lovely memories I take with me. I started working for Hammersmith and … Continue reading →

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The Panorama of the Thames

Posted on April 9, 2015 by LBHF Libraries

I looked in the Archives to see if I could find pictures to show the changes to the Fulham riverside that had taken place in the early 1800s, around 1900 and the present day, and chose three examples… Continue reading →

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My new career – West London Walks

Posted on January 12, 2015 by LBHF Libraries

It was my local council who, as I entered the second half of my sixth decade, unknowingly launched me into a new career when they invited local people to get more involved in some of their services by volunteering their time… Continue reading →

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Queen Caroline in Fulham

Posted on November 25, 2014 by LBHF Libraries

Queen Caroline, the wife of King George IV, lived at Brandenburgh House in Fulham, “a splendid seventeenth century mansion overlooking the Thames”, for the last two years of her life. She died there in August 1821. Brandenburgh House had been … Continue reading →

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How We Might Live: William Morris’s Socialism

Posted on November 20, 2014 by LBHF Libraries

William Morris was one of Hammersmith’s most famous former residents. The Local Studies Library (at Hammersmith Library) holds a very large and important collection of his printed books and other material related to his life and work. What is not so well … Continue reading →

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Fulham Bridge continued: The end

Posted on October 22, 2014 by LBHF Libraries

The wooden Fulham Bridge lasted over 150 years. It was not only used by locals but was a through road to the south and west. In the 1880s, the decision was made to replace the wooden bridge with a stone structure approximately on the line of the viaduct. Continue reading →

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The Building of Fulham Bridge

Posted on October 15, 2014 by LBHF Libraries

Putney Bridge reopened last month and its summer closure had made many of us aware of how much it was used. Hammersmith & Fulham Archives hold many photographs and prints of its predecessor, Fulham Bridge, first opened in November 1729 and … Continue reading →

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60 years of the Route Master

Posted on September 25, 2014 by LBHF Libraries

Originally posted on rbkc libraries blog:
Owen Grey, Reference Librarian, writes: In Earls Court’s sixty years ago on the 24th of September the Routemaster bus was unveiled by London Transport. A brief story in the Times, Biggest Commercial Motor Show by…

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