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
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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
Chelsea’s deadly V2 strike- 3rd January 1945
Wednesday 3rd January 1945 At 8.44 a.m. in the morning the mobile German V2 battery unit 444, operating in the Hague area of occupied Holland
The Albert Bridge completed and opened in 1873
An engineering and business failure but romantic and heritage triumph As a business venture connecting traffic and transport business between Chelsea and Battersea the Albert