London and North Western plans expansion to Bletchley Junction
Directors of the London and North Western Railway announce immediate widening of the line from Willesden to Bletchley Junction. Plan includes duplicate tunnels at Watford Northchurch and Leighton Buzzard to extend forty seven miles to Buckinghamshire and Cambridge Junctions. Aims to reduce accidents and boost shareholder dividends.
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London and North-Western Railway
Harrow
Willesden
Bletchley Junction
Watford
Northchurch
Leighton Buzzard
Home for Little Boys Forms Ten-Home Colony in Kent
The article chronicles the Home for Little Boys and its Horton Kirby colony plan to shelter and educate hundreds of destitute children. It details origins, the 1866 founding, ten family homes, common school, workshops, chapel, and daily routine highlighting discipline, industry, and Christian care.
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London
Horton Kirby
Farningham
Kent
Robert Hanbury
Middlesex
Tottenham
Alexandra House
Hanbury House
Lady Morrison
Kidbrooke Lodge
Thomas Finlay
George Moore
Raleigh
Harecourt Chapel
Classical concert series at St James Hall features Leslie
Henry Leslie announces a four concert Spring series at St James Hall with English airs madrigals and ballads by Sims Reeves and Santley plus Le Jeune pianists. Second concert centers historic works 1500 to 1780 with Viardot Garcia Rigby Santley Pauer and Le Jeune. Third sacred concert March 9 and fourth oratorio Immanuel April 28. Other items include Barnby Passion cantatas Hiller Nala and Damayanti Gounod sacred work Elijah and Israel in Egypt announced.
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Henry Leslie
St. James's Hall
Leslie
Sims Reeves
Mr. Santley
A. le Jeune
Madame Viardot Garcia
Vernon Rigby
Santley
Ernst Pauer
le Jeune
Joseph Barnby
Bach
Barnby
Exeter Hall
Beethoven
Mr. Benedict
St. Peter
London
Ferdinand Hiller
Nala
Damayanti
Handel
Silar
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Israel
Egypt
G. A. Macfarren
Madame Sherrington
Edith Wynne
Mr Santley
Orphan Working School Annual Meeting Held at London Tavern
The charity held its annual meeting with Mr. Welch presiding. A secretary report praised children’s health and scholastic progress. The balance sheet showed a loss of 311 pounds 3 shillings 1d due to bankers. There were 39 pupils now, with 25 more to be elected from a long candidate list.
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London Tavern
Welch
Soul
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