Death & Disasters
Discover objects, stories and blogs that tell us about death and disaster through London’s history.
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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Great Smog of 1952
12,000 people died when a toxic polluted fog descended on London
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Tower Hamlets Cemetery
Known locally as Bow Cemetery and the last of London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries to be built
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Ronan Point disaster: Tower blocks’ demise
This 1968 accident rattled confidence in the buildings of the future
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Saxon & Medieval
Saxon & Medieval
