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The Longest Forecast - Predicting D-Day
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. June 28, 2014. September 25, 2015. In 1944 Group Captain James Stagg was given an almost impossible task by General Dwight D Eisenhower. He was asked to determine the right conditions for D-Day and to predict a day on which they’d exist. This is his story. May 15 1944. Hammersmith. London. D-Day -21. At 10am precisely, General Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe rose to speak. I welcome you, Eisenhower said, on the eve of a great battle. Romme...
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Politics & War Archives - Lapsed Historian
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. All Posts Under Politics and War. The Day the World Didn’t End. June 19, 2016. June 23, 2016. Moments of History: Attlee at Gallipoli. January 10, 2016. January 10, 2016. Deeds not Words: The Women of Endell Street. January 7, 2015. September 22, 2015. Helping School Children Explore WW1 with Joe Sacco’s The Great War. December 20, 2014. September 22, 2015. Fire and Theory: Defending The Welfare State. November 25, 2014. September 11, 2015. August 11, 2014.
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A Typeface For The Underground - Lapsed Historian
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. A Typeface For The Underground. May 10, 2014. September 11, 2015. Eiichi had been working in the optical printing industry in his native Japan for some years when, in the mid-seventies, he had experienced what he would later describe as a mid-career crisis. Switching directions, he decided to explore a career in something that had fascinated him for some time – typography. That morning, says Eiichi, was a bit of a shock. Going Back to the Beginning. So perhaps be...
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Longform Archives - Lapsed Historian
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. All Posts Under Longform. The Day the World Didn’t End. June 19, 2016. June 23, 2016. An Empire of Stars. June 16, 2015. September 11, 2015. London’s Lost Pneumatic Railway. April 12, 2015. September 11, 2015. Get Them On The Blower. February 14, 2015. September 21, 2015. By Long Branch Mike. How Quincy M.E. Changed U.S. Medical History. January 22, 2015. September 27, 2015. Deeds not Words: The Women of Endell Street. January 7, 2015. September 22, 2015.
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The Man Who Painted London Red - Lapsed Historian
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. The Man Who Painted London Red. May 9, 2014. September 11, 2015. Entrance sign on facade of iconic Victorian London Underground station designed by Leslie Green, clad with ox-blood red, glazed terra cotta tiles. That man was Leslie Green. A Boy from Maida Vale. A rare photo of Green, presented to Doug Rose by Green’s daughter, Vera Stubbs. Have, however, was stations and that required an architect. Station design across Yerkes’ three new lines (the District...
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The Long Way Round: Continuing the California Clipper's Story
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. The Long Way Round: Part 2. August 10, 2014. September 25, 2015. Auckland, 14th December 1941. Since arriving at Auckland a week earlier, Bob Ford had settled into a regular morning routine. Every day he would wake early and eat breakfast. He would then stroll over to the American Consulate message centre to see if orders for both the. To: Captain Robert Ford. From: Chief, Flight Operations Pan American Airways System Chrysler Building New York City, NY. Said Mul...
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An Empire of Stars - Britain in Space
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. An Empire of Stars. June 16, 2015. September 11, 2015. A cold autumn day was dawning as the German soldiers of the. Prepared their V-2 rocket for launch. They’d done this a hundred times before, firing the rockets that had terrified Londoners as the Second World War dragged on. As officers and other soldiers looked on, they finished their work and watched as the V-2 finally roared up into the sky. Von Braun (with broken arm) after his surrender. Prisoner camps we...
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London’s Lost Pneumatic Railway - Lapsed Historian
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. London’s Lost Pneumatic Railway. April 12, 2015. September 11, 2015. In Get Them on the Blower. We looked at the fascinating history of London’s forgotten Pneumatic tubes, which carried messages throughout the capital. Now, over on our London-transport-focused sister site London Reconnections. You can read what is effectively a companion piece – a complete history of the London Pneumatic Despatch Railway. Category: Design and Tech. Submit a comment Cancel reply.
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John Bull - Lapsed Historian
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. Editor of Lapsed Historian, John Bull is a journalist and a historian whose interests cover everything from the Classics through to the history of computing. He has a particular affection for obscure moments in history that have had a big impact, but which are today otherwise forgotten. In addition to writing about history, he also writes about London Transport for London Reconnections. And on football for A Game of Throw-ins. July 1, 2016. July 1, 2016. If you'r...
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The Long Way Round: The California Clipper Pushes for Home
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Politics & War. Design & Tech. TV & Film. The Long Way Round: Part 3. August 11, 2014. September 25, 2015. Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Linka). 13518 miles to go. The British, Ford decided, were a very strange race. On the one hand they had welcomed both him and his crew to this little, battered, corner of their Empire with open arms (the Dutch, unlike the Aussies, had managed to phone ahead). On the other, they simply refused to believe that a civilian aeroplane could properly identify a submarine. The Brit...
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