Tag: Politician

• Parliament’s Postie

  

  Imagine being at the heart of communication in one of the most important buildings in the world! It’s 1903 and in his private office in Buckingham Palace, King Edward VII sits in his chair, pouring over a list of names. Making notes beside each one, the roll of names before him has been given Royal…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  December 12, 2019

  Biography, History, London, Murder, Royal, Work

  Abney Park, Biography, Cemetery, Crippen, Election, Grave, Hackney, House of Commons, Islington, Lives, Parcel, Parliament, Politician, Postage, Postman Pat, Public History, Royal Mail, Stoke Newington

• A Tragedy at Chartwell

  

  Sometimes stories pop out at you and this one (indirectly) involved one of our greatest statesmen. I was with Mark in Beckenham Cemetery recently and as we were looking over the graves infront of us, one inscription caught my eye. Headstones that state the cause of death show a remarkable frankness and public demonstration of…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  August 30, 2019

  Biography, Estate, History

  Baden-Powell, beckenham cemetery, Chartwell, Drowning, Forgotten, MP, penge, Politician, scouts, Story, Weald, Winston Churchill