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![Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456](/t/106/holland-house-library-air-raid-bb83-04456-1326365.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456</figcaption></b><br>HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, London. An interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the damage. Photographed in 1940. The House was heavily bombed during World War II and remained derelict until 1952 when parts of the remains were preserved. Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle, was a great house in Kensington in London, situated in what is now Holland Park. Created in 1605 in the Elizabethan or Jacobean style for the diplomat Sir Walter Cope, the building later passed to the powerful Rich family, then the Fox family, under whose ownership it became a noted gathering-place for Whigs in the 19th century. The house was largely destroyed by German firebombing during the Blitz in 1940; today only the east wing and some ruins of the ground floor still remain. In 1940, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended the last great ball held at the house. A few weeks later, on 7 September, the German bombing raids on London that would come to be known as the Blitz began. During the night of 27 September, Holland House was hit by twenty-two incendiary bombs during a ten-hour raid. The house was largely destroyed, with only the east wing, and, miraculously, almost all of the library remaining undamaged. Surviving volumes included the sixteenth-century Boxer Codex. Holland House was granted Grade I listed building status in 1949, under the auspices of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947; the Act sought to identify and preserve buildings of special historic importance, prompted by the damage caused by wartime bombing. The building remained a burned-out ruin until 1952, when its owner, Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester, sold it to the London County Council (LCC). The remains of the building passed from the LCC to its successor, the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1965, and upon the dissolution of the GLC in 1986 to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Today, the remains of Holland House form a backdrop for the open air Holland Park Theatre, home of Opera Holland Park. The YHA (England and Wales) "London Holland Park" youth hostel is now located in the house. The Orangery is now an exhibition and function space, with the adjoining former Summer Ballroom now a restaurant, The Belvedere. The former ice house is now a gallery space.<br><em>© Historic England Archive</em>")
![Heath Robinson automated Dining Room without servants 1 of 4](/t/164/heath-robinson-automated-dining-room-servants-1-4-1629519.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Heath Robinson automated Dining Room without servants 1 of 4</figcaption></b><br>Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by "The Sketch" in the Dining-Room. A family at their dining table, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys, levers and trapdoors allowing them to serve themselves at table, and no need for servants. Even the cat has a contraption which allows it to serve itself milk. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans"<br><em>© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10294699</em>")
![Ibrox Stadium Art - Rangers #8651807](/t/573/ibrox-stadium-art-rangers-8651807-8651807.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Ibrox Stadium Art - Rangers #8651807</figcaption></b><br>Watercolour of Ibrox Stadium, home of Glasgow Rangers F.C. Scotland, 1899 - current day. Capacity 51,802. Original painting size 20" x 16" created in 2000 by Kevin Fletcher.<br><em>© Sports Stadia Art Ltd</em>")
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![Laika the space dog postcard](/t/173/laika-space-dog-postcard-6427147.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Laika the space dog postcard</figcaption></b><br>Laika the space dog postcard. Artwork on postcard of Laika, the bitch who became the first animal in space. She was launched aboard the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Sputnik 2 was launched on 3 November 1957. Laika (meaning "Husky" or "Barker") was contained within a sealed cabin with a food store and an air conditioner. Soviet propaganda at the time maintained that she survived for about a week, but in fact she died after just a few hours due to overheating and panic. The spacecraft was not designed to be recovered and it burnt up as it re-entered the atmosphere on 14 April 1958, 162 days after its launch.<br><em>© DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY</em>")
![Lawrence - Duke of Wellington J040044](/t/106/lawrence-duke-wellington-j040044-480574.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Lawrence - Duke of Wellington J040044</figcaption></b><br>APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington " portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).<br><em>© Historic England</em>")
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![An Ideal Home No. V. The Spare Room by William Heath Robinson](/t/164/ideal-home-no-v-spare-room-william-heath-4404141.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>An Ideal Home No. V. The Spare Room by William Heath Robinson</figcaption></b><br>This is W. Heath Robinson's solution of the spare room problem, a brilliant idea which renders it possible to entertain in the smallest flat without the slightest difficulty. The fifth in the series of the Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson. The illustrations from The Sketch depict ingenious space creating ideas for the spatially challenged home. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"<br><em>© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10223842</em>")
![Hillsborough Art - Sheffield Wednesday #8651787](/t/573/hillsborough-art-sheffield-wednesday-8651787-8651787.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>Hillsborough Art - Sheffield Wednesday #8651787</figcaption></b><br>Watercolour of Hillsborough, home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C., 1899 - current day. Capacity 39,732. Original painting size 20" x 16" created in 2001 by Kevin Fletcher.<br><em>© Sports Stadia Art Ltd</em>")
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![John Smith's Stadium Art - Huddersfield Town #8651809](/t/573/john-smiths-stadium-art-huddersfield-town-8651809.jpg "<b class=qtipBold><figcaption>John Smith's Stadium Art - Huddersfield Town #8651809</figcaption></b><br>Watercolour of John Smith's Stadium, home of Huddersfield Town F.C. & Huddersfield Giants, 1994 - current day. Capacity 24,500. Original painting size 20" x 16" created in 1999 by Kevin Fletcher.<br><em>© Sports Stadia Art Ltd</em>")
