The day ended with a standing ovation for Richard Hewlings, whose incomparable contribution to the field of architectural history has shaped the work of so many that gathered today @downingcollege to celebrate him! 🥂 #NotesandQueries
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In our penultimate session we heard from Richard Garnier on Balthazar Gerbier; Pete Smith on William Thornton; and separate papers from Richard Peats and @SophieChessum on @ClandonParkNT #NotesandQueries
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In our third session we heard from Anthony Geraghty on Hawksmoor's unbuilt Parliament House; Jeremy Musson and @Waslet on St Mary le Strand; Timothy Clifford on William Chambers's chimneypieces; David Alexander on Thomas Trotter; and @maudlin_daniel on Saltram. #NotesandQueries
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In our second session we heard from @GuerciManolo on John Thorpe and Somerset House, Charles Hind on John Webb and Greenwich Palace, @HorsfallTurner on Turkish baths in Newgate Street, Ian Campbell on Scamozzi, and @Indiaswright on gardens of the Inns of Court #NotesandQueries
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We have just started our Symposium in Honour of Richard Hewlings with tributes from CSCA director Frank Salmon and @WalkerArchHist, reflecting on his unparalleled career as an architectural historian, scholar, detective, editor and writer #NotesandQueries
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16 Feb 2024
Do any of you have a connection to The Old Vinyl Factory, the buildings formerly owned by EMI in Hayes? We're looking for some lost Dame Nellie Melba recordings, made in 1907, that were housed there in a time capsule, but nobody has seen since #NotesandQueries
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25 Sep 2023
If you're a popular romance studies researcher with thoughts on this topic, you can keep the conversation going by submitting a note to notesandqueries@jprstudies.org!
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For todays #NotesAndQueries, we're asking if you know anything about St Patrick's College at Great Chapel Street in Soho. Brenda remembers it as St Patrick's School and is interested to know how it became a college.
Does this jog a memory? Call 0800 731 2000 ☎️
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Barbara in Waterloo wants to know more about this building in Clerkenwell for this week's #NotesAndQueries.
Do you recognise this beautiful building?
☎️ Give us a call on 0800 731 200, or text 81333
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Tony in Battersea’s dad saved Angela Coventry from the Thames in 1953 and was given an award 🥇
Tony would love to find out more about Angela - who we reckon would be 79 years old now. She lived at no.10 Elms Road, Clapham. #Notesandqueries @BBCRadioLondon 📻
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Do you know the story behind these two statues, holding heraldic shields, in the grounds of St George’s hospital in Tooting? #notesandqueries 📻@BBCRadioLondon
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We need your help this morning with @RobertElms #notesandqueries.
First up, do you recognise this painted sign on a gatepost of St Paul’s Gardens in Hammersmith? Jim got in touch to ask for your help.
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Who are the hippies being asked to use the side door? Taken from a No 7 bus on Ladbroke Grove by Martin. This door is opposite the Elgin pub. #NotesandQueries
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17 Feb 2023
We're trying to find someone who remembers an old 70s shoe shop called Kickself. Apparently, the staff rode on roller skates and had flashing lights on heads! Is this true? 🔍☎️Call us this morning if you can tell us more 0800 731 2000📻 #Notesandqueries
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What ever happened to Lenny "Apples" Appleton? We're trying to find out! He was a porter at Billingsgate fish market and stunt man who popped up in Ray Winstone's autobiography.🔍☎️Call us this morning if you can tell us more 0800 731 2000📻 #Notesandqueries
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New year, new #notesandqueries! Laurie's old tutor from Tulse Hill Comprehensive sent her a clip of a BBC Back in Time show. Laurie wonders if any listeners know anything about the sculpture, or where it went. Does it still exist? It was sculpted by a man named a Ralph Brown.
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🕵️♀️Today on #NotesandQueries Warren in Streatham wants to know about a Giant Newt spray painted on a shop shutter next to a doorway with a plaque. Is there a connection between the plague and the graffiti piece?
Call us on 0800 731 2000. ☎️
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Query 2 on #NotesandQueries comes from Roger in Mill Hill – Did coal trains come from the Midlands and stop at Mill Hill Broadway Station on the way Battersea Power station?
Call us on 0800 731 2000. ☎️
@BBCRadioLondon
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🕵️♀️Today on #NotesandQueries Pippa in Chiswick is searching for information on her late Mum’s pub ‘Greens’ (formerly The Red House) on Chelsea Green – were you a regular there in the 80’s? Or one of the women only staff employed there?
Call us on 0800 731 2000. ☎️
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