HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#OnThisDay 29Jan1918 the deadliest attack of the Great War #WWI occurred when a 300kg bomb dropped by #German #Airforce exploded at Odhams Printing Press in Long Acre, #CoventGarden near the original site of Harry HOLT’s Golden Cross pub killing 38 & injuring 85. now #OdhamsWalk
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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In the 1970’s the entire block on which the #GoldenCross stood (Long Acre, Cross Lane & Castle St) including the site of the Golden Cross was demolished as vacant and dilapidated #c18th buildings from #Holborn through to #CharingCross were redeveloped. By 1979 Odhams Printing Press had became a large residential complex named ‘#OdhamsWalk.’
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#GoldenCross #c18th #holborn #CharingCross #odhamswalk #HarryHolt #Holt #genealogy #bareknuckle #boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C19th #history