Every month Cheryl Griffin and Ashley Smith write fabulous history articles for CBD News and Docklands News respectively. The articles are based on photographs from the RHSV collection.
This month Cheryl is inspired by a photograph from about 1865 of students in front of the Model School, Spring Street. You can read the full story here: The three “Rs”: school’s in at the Old Model School, Spring St
Ashley’s article is inspired by a photo of the presentation at the ‘launch of a new train that would become a feature of the railways for the next half-century, the Spirit Of Progress.’ You can read Ashley’s article here: DN 187 (scroll to P21)
All Cheryl’s and Ashley’s articles are archived on the CBD News and Docklands News websites.
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