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#25DecLondon

How do Londoner's spend the 25th Dec? Regardless of religion, backgrounds or cultures, this set of records aims to map the different ways Londoner's pass Christmas Day

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London Pubs

The histories of pubs, inns and taverns, past and present

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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

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Entertaining London: London County Council Collections

Entertaining London is one of several collections curated by the Layers of London team at London Metropolitan Archives (LMA).  These collections bring together photographs, films and estate plans from the London County Council archive collection at LMA. London County Council (LCC) was established in 1889. As part of its remit to run public services in the capital, the Council quickly turned it...

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