28th February 1975

28th February 1975

On THis Day… 28th February 1975 Moorgate Tube Disaster   At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end. Because it was built for...
26th February 2009

26th February 2009

On This Day… 26th February 2009 Wendy Richard MBE Died Actor best known as Pauline Fowler in the soap, East Enders, and as Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served?, alongside John Inman. She also had a number 1 hit in 1962 with Mike Sarne, Come Outside, one of the...
25th February 1931

25th February 1931

On This Day… 25th February 1931 Lady Frances Balfour Born   Liberal Women’s Suffrage Society and was on the executive committee of the NUWSS.   Born as Frances Campbell at Argyll Lodge in Kensington, her father being the 8th Duke of Argyll. Her brother, John...
24th February 1619

24th February 1619

On This Day…. 24th February 1619 Robert Aske Born Son of a draper. Worked as a haberdasher; 1643 became a Freeman of the Haberdashers Company; 1666 elected an Alderman of the City of London. He became Master of the Haberdashers’ Company. But the reason...