A City Chop House 19th century Size:small A high-explosive bomb exploded in

A high-explosive bomb exploded in the escalator machinery room

A police constable was often needed to control the congestion of the horses and carts and increasing numbers of motorised vehicles

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King George V and Tilbury Docks

Wiley and Skepta have long since become household names

A City Chop House 19th century Size:small A high-explosive bomb exploded inA City Chop House. A waiter carries a tankard and bowl towards the gentlemen diners at their table. The wooden partitions between tables are typical of the London chop house of the period such establishments were common in the City and along Fleet Street and the Strand until late Victorian times. They offered a lunch of meat and a pint of ale for as little as sixpence.