When our archive volunteers can finally re-start their work at the Museum, there’ll be plenty to keep them occupied as we contemplate how best to record the months since the outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic and its associated lockdown….
Category: History
In remembrance: the First World War bombing raid on the Kew Bridge Waterworks
A hundred years ago today, Giant Staaken R plane R39 wreaked havoc in Brentford, dropping bombs on Whitestile Road and the Kew Bridge Waterworks – now the London Museum of Water & Steam. Here’s the story of that extraordinary night….