It was Saturday 14th September 1940 and the eighty or so Chelsea people packed into the crypt of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy
Tag: Chelsea Borough Council
Trying to find out the truth about Chelsea Hero GP Dr Richard Castillo’s murder in 1961
If any government authority knows it will always be able to find absolute or qualified statutory exemptions, and there are 23 of them, to refuse
The ‘Big Bomb’ in Shawfield Street- Friday 1st November 1940.
Contemporary images of Shawfield Street in 2022 by Tim Crook. Shawfield is a rather unassuming street running south for about a quarter of a mile
Turk’s Row and Sloane Court East V1 doodlebug disaster
The slideshow above offers two views of the plaque unveiled in 1998 in memory of the V1 casualties as well as one view of the
Sloane Square Underground Station
Sloane Square was one of London’s first underground stations constructed for the Metropolitan and District Line in 1868. When the trains were powered by steam
Seaton Street (adjoining Cremorne Road)
Seaton Street is one of the lost streets of Chelsea, but certainly not forgotten. It was erased and eliminated from the map of Chelsea in