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Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See <a href="http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk"
The Royal Air Force Memorial
The memorial was built in 1923, to commemorate the casualties of the Royal Air Force initially for World War I.
The memorial was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield (1856-1942), and the eagle was sculpted by William Reid Dick (1879–1961).
Found on the Victoria Embankment.
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden
Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
Sadly yours truly was walking east along the embankment and just in the nick of time whirled around to see this shooting past, unfortunately it was the only occasion I saw a 'Jet' in the capital so I couldn't improve on this shot! I cant work out the number so if anyone has any possibilities I'd be extremely grateful
Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames from the Victoria Embankment.
The London Eye and House of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) with Big Ben (no more scaffolding).
These images were taken to commemorate last week's Remembrance Sunday but I've just got around to putting them online.
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One of the major campaigns of the early part of World War II, the Battle of Britain is the name commonly given to the attempt by the German Luftwaffe to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF), before a planned sea and airborne invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion).
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British historians regard the battle as running from 9 July to 31 October 1940, which represented the most intense period of daylight air raiding. German historians begin the battle in mid-August 1940 and end it in May 1941, on the withdrawal of the bomber units in preparation for the attack on the USSR.
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The Battle of Britain was the first major battle to be fought entirely in the air. It was the largest and most sustained bombing campaign yet attempted and the first real test of the strategic bombing theories that had emerged since the previous World War.
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Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden
Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
HMS President, commemorating World War 1 in a new paint scheme inspired by the disruptive pattern(dazzle) camouflage worn by ships at the time. Launched as HMS Saxifrage in 1918, she's one of only three WW1 Royal Navy ships surviving...
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See <a href="http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk"
C021 National Express
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on Victoria Embankment, London.
This vehicle wears branding for the VCS to Stansted Airport service.
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See <a href="http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk"
HMS President an Anchusa class sloop moored on the Embankment
HMS President was built in 1917 by Lobnitz & Co Ltd, Renfrew and is part of the National Register of Historic Vessels: www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/494/hms-president
One of the last examples of a Royal Navy sloop, HMS PRESIDENT was built in 1917 by Lobnitz & Co. Limited of Renfrew as the Flower Class sloop HMS SAXIFRAGE. She was built for convoy escort duty and became a RNVR drill ship in 1922 It was in 1922 that she was moored on the Thames Embankment in London and she has remained there ever since
Nottingham City's War Memorial lies in the Memorial Gardens, opened in 1927 on the Victoria Embankment. The land was donated to the Corporation of Nottingham by Jesse Boot (founder of Boots the Chemists) to be preserved as open space and a memorial site in perpetuity.
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See <a href="http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk"
The Royal Air Force Memorial
The memorial was built in 1923, to commemorate the casualties of the Royal Air Force initially for World War I.
The memorial was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield (1856-1942), and the eagle was sculpted by William Reid Dick (1879–1961).
Found on the Victoria Embankment.
A banner unfurled by some creative activists in fancy dress. Photo taken on the TUC-organised "A Future That Works" march and rally in central London on Saturday October 20, 2012.
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For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden
Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
Photographs taken along the Victoria Embankment between Waterloo Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridge during the Prudential Ride London Freecycle Event on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Roads through the captital were closed to traffic to allow cyclists of all ages
and abilities to cycle an 8 mile loop round central London. This is going to become an annual event. See <a href="http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk"