A Hitch Thomas Banks South-west view of St Nicholas

South-west view of St Nicholas Church

North-west view of the Church of St John at Hackney

13th April 1962

January 17

The ensuing election was a heavy defeat for Fox and North as Pitt became Prime Minister with a parliamentary majority of 120

A Hitch Thomas Banks South-west view of St Nicholas'A Hitch', 1874. The traffic manager receives with annoyance the station master's report. There was growing disquiet at the number of accidents that happened each year on Britain's railway network. Many of these were blamed on inadequate investment in signalling and other necessities. Instead, the directors were pocketing fat profits. Meanwhile, accidents continued to be an everyday occurrence. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 10, 1874.