Goldsmiths as a University body first opened its doors to students 120 years ago in September 1905. That was the year when the first staff
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University of London, Goldsmiths’ College- the Opening Ceremony in the Great Hall 29th September 1905
It was Friday 29th September 1905. A total of 249 of the first teacher training students had arrived the day before. 149 Arts School students
The only Luftwaffe pilot to bale out over Chelsea during WW2
His life was saved by a Chelsea artist who disarmed an outraged bombing victim who had grabbed the pilot’s pistol and was threatening to shoot
How celebrated ‘spymistress’ Vera Atkins helped protect Chelsea during the Blitz
Vera Atkins is one of the most famous woman intelligence officers of the Second World War because she was responsible for running women Special Operations
Chelsea’s World War Two casualties in RAF, Army, Royal Navy and Merchant Navy services
On the basis of many years of research it has become clear that on the Home Front around 500 to 600 people were killed in
The Paultons Square trench shelter tragedy- October 20th 1940
Trench shelters were a rapid and quick build solution for the construction of public air raid refuges in London during the Second World War. They