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Fall of the Wall anniversary remembered by Russian émigrés 02/11/2009 This year on Remembrance Sunday, one group of London residents will be recalling an event that has particular significance for them. Members of the Sutton-based Russian Community …

Brand new research into advertising history 21/10/2009 What were your shopping basket favourites of yesteryear and what do they tell us about changes in the consumer society? Whether or not your grandparents were Ovaltineys, your mum used OMO or you …

Phoenix Cinema re-born thanks to Heritage Lottery grant 09/07/2009 It started life as the Picturedrome in1910 and has been showing films ever since. Now known as the Phoenix, Britain’s oldest continuous working cinema is to receive a complete makeover …

Four historic UK parks win £6.4m Lottery investment 20/12/2010 All four parks are now set to undergo major redevelopment work. Initial joint HLF / BIG support** and development funding totalling £1m has also been awarded to 11 parks across the UK. Carole …

Caring for Places of Worship 02/07/2010 Carole Souter, Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), welcomed English Heritage’s ‘Caring for Places of Worship’ report, and said that HLF would be considering how it might respond to the challenges set …

Heritage Lottery Fund invests £10.5m in four places of historic significance 27/07/2010 Sir Walter Scott’s home, ‘Abbotsford’, in the Borders; Newbridge Memorial Hall in Caerphilly; a Tudor dwelling house known as ‘The Walronds’ in Devon; and the …

Heritage Lottery Fund announces more money for major projects and greater flexibility in tough economic climate 02/08/2010 This will be achieved in two ways: By increasing HLF’s allocation for major projects from £20m pa to £30m pa from 2011 onwards.  By …

Lambeth school project is strictly for the birds 04/02/2009 Lambeth schoolchildren will be taking a close interest in their feathered friends for the next several months in a biodiversity project that will explore how changes in the local environment has …

Filling a gap in the Travellers’ tales 25/02/2009 The project will enable this particular group of nomadic people to have a specific presence in Gypsy Roma Traveller History month which takes place in June. Irish Travellers are distinct from Roma and …

A Magnificent Town and its Flying Machines 29/04/2009 Bexley does not seem to feature significantly in the history of powered flight, but all that is about to change. Stand aside the Wright Brothers and Charles Lindbergh as the town of Crayford steps into …