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Ride The Replica Rocket Steam Train In Kensington Gardens

By · April 9, 2010 · 16:15 · 2 Comments

Looking for some steamy industrial fun this weekend? We choo-choo-choose this replica of George Stephenson’s Rocket, which is currently doing the rounds (literally) in Kensington Gardens. The ‘Mocket’, as we shall dub it, takes passengers on a short ride around part of the gardens for …

Left: Occasionally, craters are still visible, as here on Leyton Marsh. Right: Often, whole blocks were obliterated, as can still be seen in this aerial image of Brockley.

London V2 Rocket Sites…Mapped

By · January 12, 2009 · 13:38 · 179 Comments

View Larger Map Autumn 1944, and London was under attack from space. Hitler’s ‘vengeance’ rocket, the V-2, was the world’s first ballistic missile, and the first man-made object to make a sub-orbital spaceflight. Over 1400 were launched at Britain, with more than 500 striking London. …

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The Saturday Strangeness

By · November 22, 2008 · 10:41 · 0 Comments

79. Digging Up The Past It began with a strange dream. Margaret Wilson had moved into her new home at Walthamstow but each night she was plagued by the same visions as she slept. Out of the darkness of slumber all she seemed to dream …