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    Escorts Meta: Located in the Borough of Fulham and Hammersmith, this area is home to the national Fulham Football Club and Chelsea Football Club that have engaging games in an area on the cusp of the beautiful River Thames. Chelsea Football Club London is the birthplace of English football as we know it, and that has given way to one of the most significant stadiums of our favourite pastime. The Stamford Bridge Stadium is home to the Chelsea Football Club. It was only capable of holding a few hundred

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    Newcastle Research Paper

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    friendly culture and a vibrant entertainment scene (just google Geogrdie Shore). The city is compact as easy to walk or cycle around. Five main attractions of Newcastle include: History This ancient city has a winding history that spans over 18 centuries. Newcastle was first settled by Roman Legions, as a relatively small fort for protection of a bridge that spanned the vital River Tyne. This gave the city its name of Newcastle upon Tyne. There are plenty of historical buildings and monuments dotted

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    The Church of St. Martin in the Fields Essay

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    If you walk along Charing Cross Road from Tottenham Court Road you will come across an area called Trafalgar Square, which is a well-known public space and tourist attraction in Central London. The Square is situated in the city of Westminster and at its center is Nelson’s column, which is surrounded by four lion statues at its base. In the area there are a number of commemorative statues and sculptures within the Square. Just as you reach the square on the left is a church called St. Martin in the

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    actual industry” (Hobsbawm). Finally, there was an easier way to bridge the gap between country and city life. This technological advancement changed peoples lived drastically, mainly because it was so much faster than anything before. Over a century has passed and technology has never slowed down since. Today, the people of Britain, both wealthy and poor, have so many more transportation choices. Over the years, as the scientific revolution allowed, more varied and cheaper ways of travelling

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    Edwin Chadwick was a British official who significantly influenced the discussion about public health care in the 19th century. It was his personal believe that diseases were a direct result of the poor living conditions. In his Report into the Sanitary Conditions of the Laboring Population of Great Britain (1842) he revealed that the sewage and drainage systems in poverty areas were disorganized or not available. In many cases the water supply was provided by a shared pump at the end of the road

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    The Victorian Period is marked by Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 to 1901. The Romantic Period preceded the Victorian Period and served as a transition period between 20th-century literature. The salvaging of themes in classical literature and medieval literature were repurposed into the writings of the English Victorian Period. The Victorian writers exhibited well-established styles of writing from previous eras, while at the same time pushing various customs to new and interesting directions.

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    herself leading the list of donations. Joseph Paxton was an english architect and horticulturist. Designed conservatory in gardens at Chatsworth, which served as a model for his design of the Crystal Palace, built of plate-glass and cast-iron for the London Exhibition of 1851 and re-erected into a palace at Sydenham (3). The Crystal Palace was a remarkable construction of prefabricated parts. It consisted

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    was not a new phenomenon in 1945. Britain had welcomed refugees in the past, notably the Irish who became one of the largest groups throughout the 20th century. Many Europeans also sought refuge in Britain, for example German refugees who fled to Britain in 1930 ; Peter Fryer notes on the existing black community in Britain since the 16th century. However, the level of immigration after 1945 was enough to redefine British culture and created an exclusive national identity by where ‘Britishness’ is

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    The Ghost Map

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    mid-1850s, cholera was one of very common diseases in London. Cholera spreads across very quickly and it affects both children and adults and can kill the patients within hours. “The technical name for the cholera bacterium is Vibrio cholera.” (Johnson 36) The contamination of drinking water had become the transmission factor for people living in Golden Square neighborhood. London’s water supply system was a big issue back in eighteenth century; people did not have running water in their house. People

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    19th Century London in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 'A time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer' this is a good example that represents Scrooges overall attitude to Christmas and those who celebrate it. The central character of a Christmas Carol is Ebenezer Scrooge a man portrayed by Dickens as a miser who cares little for others around him, a man whose only interest in life is money that can be made from exploiting other people. The novel is set in Victorian

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