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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.

April 8, 2026 Kultura Press

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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Chelsea Blitz 1940 to 1945. Part Two- First raids 28th August to 9th September 1940.

August 19, 2023 Kultura Press

Overview The key day when the Blitz really came to Chelsea was Monday 9th September 1940. It began in the early hours of the morning-

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Chelsea Blitz time line 1940 to 1945: incidents and casualties

July 30, 2023 Kultura Press

[This is a work in progress online posting intended to eventually present a full Chelsea Blitz timeline narrative. More detailed narratives of large-scale incidents with

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