There is no trace of its existence in the present day. What was the site of number 3 Old Church Street is now a house
Category: Chelsea History and Studies
The long lost play about Turner at Chelsea (circa 1920s) by Graham Greene’s aunt
“Turner At Chelsea” does genuinely seem to be a long-lost and forgotten play about the famous painter and his life in Chelsea. An exploration of
Updates to Chelsea History and Studies
Here are all the updates for the research and writing of Chelsea History and Studies. As should already be clear all of this work is
Chelsea’s Lady Mayor who went up in a Hydrogen balloon in Coronation Week 1953 in high winds from the Royal Hospital and ended up in a field in Sussex.
The “Henri Dunant” hydrogen balloon was the biggest in the world and 65 year old Miss Mary Katherine Cook undoubtedly Chelsea’s slightest and smallest elected
The gentleman’s valet from Chelsea who survived the Titanic disaster
He was only 19 years old. He had been a sales assistant selling trunks and luggage at the John Pound store in the Brompton Road,
Chelsea Old Church between the wars- an Illustrated guide published in 1932
This was probably Chelsea’s most famous tourist location between the Great War of 1914-1918 and the Second World War of 1939-1945. Its history dated back