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DAME Joanna Lumley and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth are amongst the celebrity readers at a carol concert for a national cancer support charity that…

Work starts on Gort Scott’s £12m White City office scheme 1/15 Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Construction has started on a ‘characterful’ £12 million office block designed by Gort Scott at White City Place, west London The four-storey 3,530m 2 block, which will be clad in brick and ceramics, is being delivered by Stanhope, on behalf of funders Mitsui Fudosan and Alberta Investment Management Corporation. Advertisement Known as Gateway West, the scheme is being billed a...

Fascinating old photographs have been unearthed that show some of the people who helped build RNAS Culdrose more than 70 years ago. Lloyd Sluman found the tiny pictures, measuring just two by two inches, among the papers of his late parents. They lived in Porthleven, not far from the Helston air station. His mother, Phyllis Miners, worked for construction company John Laing and Son Ltd, one of the main contractors responsible for building RNAS Culdrose. As well as showing workers cleari...

The Glenfinnan Viaduct. IT is one of the most spectacular railway lines in the world, made even more famous by Harry Potter and the spectacular Glenfinnan Viaduct. Now a new TV documentary on New Year’s Eve reveals newly discovered photos taken during the construction of the railway line between Fort William and Mallaig. The collection of over 100 high-res celluloid nitrate plates were unearthed in a sale in Cornwall in 2019. Local musician Ingrid Henderson follows the story of these ...

  Article IN PICTURES: Lost photos of West Highland Line railway construction star in new BBC documentary; the show uses the newly-discovered photos which were taken during work on the line between Fort William and Mallaig, which included the building of the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct of Hollywood and Harry Potter fame By Philip Murray  |  Updated: 10:14, 29 December 2020 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper NEWLY-...

PICTURES: Lost photos of West Highland Line railway construction to appear in new BBC Alba documentary  |  Updated: 11:13, 29 December 2020 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper NEWLY-discovered photos documenting the construction of a world famous Highland railway line are set to star in a TV documentary later this week. A new BBC ALBA documentary will air on New Year’s Eve, during which it will reveal the photo...

Updated: December 29, 2020, 1:40 pm © Supplied by Glenfinnan Station M Fort William-Mallaig line. Glenfinnan Station Museum Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The railway line to Mallaig is regarded as one of the most spectacular in the world – and now photographs of its construction have been unearthed. The 40-mile st...