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A common complaint regarding sex work was the foul language used, [28] and while generally most entries in the lists look favourably on those women who refrained from swearing, the views expressed in the 1793 edition of Harris's List tend towards equivocation. Mrs Cornish's genteel nature was, on occasion, interrupted by "a volley of small shot ...
Public housing became needed to provide "homes fit for heroes" in 1919, [4] [5] then to enable slum clearance.Standards were set to ensure high-quality homes. Aneurin Bevan, a Labour politician, passionately believed that council houses should be provided for all, while the Conservative politician Harold Macmillan saw council housing "as a stepping stone to home ownership". [6]
Lilian Bader (1918–2015): one of the first black women to join the British Armed Forces; John Bailey: footballer, Everton F.C. Beryl Bainbridge: writer, nominated several times for the Booker Prize [citation needed] James Baines (1822–1889): ship-owner founder of James Baines & Co. that operated some of the most famous clipper ships at the time
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:20th-century British people. It includes British people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:20th-century British men
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
The 90,000-square-foot home is now a major tourist attraction in the area, and it's not hard to see why, between the world-famous art collection, coastal views, gardens, and swimming pools. Sean ...
In the 1830s, one peerage publisher, John Burke, expanded his market and his readership by publishing a similar volume for people without titles, which was called A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, popularly known as Burke's Commoners.
This is a list of notable people who have lived in Hampstead, an area of northwest London known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical, and literary associations. After 1917, and again in the 1930s, it became base to a community of avant garde artists and writers and was host to a number of émigrés and exiles from the Russian ...