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| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea lies immediately to the west of the London Borough of Westminster, and includes the following districts: Brompton, Chelsea, Earl's Court, Holland Park, Kensington, North Kensington, Notting Hill, South Kensington, Kensington High Street and West Brompton. |
| An early 20th Century postcard of Olympia. |
| A super postcard of Earl's Court Road, posted in 1907. |
| No date for this postcard of Olympia and Kensington Addison Road LT station - now renamed Olympia. |
| There is a lot of information about this London Borough on the internet - see what you can discover ! |
| Another view of Olympia. |
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| The Old Church in Chelsea, also from 1905. |
| A nice view of the Cromwell Road in the early 1900s. |
| This lovely old building - just off the Exhibition Road - was demolished in the 1950s - the site now houses Imperial College. Only the Queen's Tower (on the left) remains. From the reverse of the postcard : "The Imperial Institute erected in South Kensington as an imperial memorial of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria contains collections of the natural and artificial products of India and the Colonies, as well as a fine reference library. It is under the direction of the Board of Trade. The University of London has had its headquarters here since 1900, the teaching being carried on in various schools of the University elsewhere." (Z) |
| Carlyle's House on Cheyne Row - a 1905 postcard. |
| A very dark and dreary postcard of the V and A . |
| A super aerial view of the V and A - unused so no date. |
| The Barkston Gardens Hotel. This is a very poor quality postcard which we've had to touch up quite a lot. |
| Chelsea Pensioners in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. |
| Cheyne Walk and Chelsea Church - a 1905 postcard. |
| An undated postcard of Sloane Street. |
| A 1905 postcard of Knightsbridge. |
| No date for this view of the Natural History Museum. |
| Harrod's. |
| Coleherne Court in Earl's Court. |
| The Brompton Road with Harrod's on the right. |
| The Norfolk Hotel, South Kensington. (Z) |
| A 1907 postcard of the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens. |
| The Dutch Garden in Kensington Gardens. |
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| Long Water, Kensington Gardens. |
| Did You Know.......that John Christie and Timothy Evans (the latter pardoned posthumously), both convicted of murder, lived at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill ? Follow this link for a comprehensive description of this famous case. |
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| Did You Know........that the writer G K Chesterton was born in Campden Hill in 1874 ? |
| And Did You Know........that Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963, was born in Kensington in 1906 ? |
| Did You Know........that the actor and director John Gielgud was born in South Kensington in 1904 ? |
| And Did You Know........that Beatrix Potter, the writer of the "Peter Rabbit" children's books, was also born in South Kensington, in 1866 ? |
| Did You Know........that Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, was born at 52 Cadogan Place, Chelsea, in 1894 ? |
| Notting Hill Gate in 1906. |
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| The Children's Playground in Kensington Gardens. |
| "A Bit of Old Kensington". Which bit ? |
| St Mary Abbot. |
| Kensington High Street. |
| The De Vere Hotel. |
| The Round Pond in Kensington Gardens. |