The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Frame:none making this guide an essential

making this guide an essential resource for both Londoners and visitors alike

The Last Days of Pompeii is being screened at the London Pavilion Cinema across the junction

organised by the Women's Social and Political Union

the Aptus produced almost instant tin-plate photos for the customer to take away

with the playhouses on the left-hand side and the cathedral in the centre

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Frame:none making this guide an essentialThe interior of the completed Paddington (Praed Street) Station, looking east towards Edgeware Road. The photographer's portable darkroom can be seen at the end of the westbound platform. From a series of 64 photographs taken in the late 1860s by Henry Flather to document the construction of the railway from Paddington to Blackfriars via Kensington, Westminster and the new Victoria Embankment. Construction was by the 'cut and cover' method used to