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wellington arch and no:1 London the home of the Dukes of Wellington

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Uninvited guests in St Albans		Diana fountain Green Park
Daffodils		Could be Narcissus 'Professor Einstein'
Handsome gates to Green Park	Steve noticed the green bins	Friendly squirrel	Plane
	Bomber command	Statue	Detail
Wellington Arch	The arch	Floor within the arch


Charles Edwin Stone VC MM (4 February 1889 – 29 August 1952) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Stone was born in the town of Ripley in Derbyshire^. When he was 29 years old, and a gunner in 'C' Battery 83rd Brigade, Royal Artillery, British Army during the First World War, the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. ne Farm, France, after working at his gun for six hours under heavy gas and shell fire, Gunner Stone was sent back to the rear with an order. He delivered it and then, under a very heavy barrage, returned with a rifle to assist in holding up the enemy on a sunken road. First lying in the open under very heavy machine-gun fire and then on the right flank of the two rear guns he held the enemy at bay. Later he was one of the party which captured a machine-gun and four prisoners. He later achieved the rank of Bombardier. His brother Ernest was kill 1917. Stone is buried in Belper in Derbyshire His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, England.
Spiral staircase		Snooks the cat and PC Cecil Pollard	Wellington and Copenhagen


	Ornamental doors	Apsley House 149 Piccadilly Hyde Park Corner once No:1 London
	The Duke on Copenhagen
Duke of Wellington
Drawing Room		Dining room
Joséphine Bonaparte	9th Duke of Wellington	Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, 9th Prince of Waterloo, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th Duke of Victoria (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1972 and Marquess of Douro between 1972 and 2014, is a British peer and politician. He served as Conservative Member of the European Parliament for Surrey (1979–1984) and Surrey West (1984–1989) and has sat as an excepted hereditary peer in the House of Lords since 2015.
	Achilles		Memorial for the 52 people killed in the Terrorist Attacks July 7th 2005
Joy of Life	Plane flowers	Memorial to animals who served in the wars
		We thought this car was driving itself	Marble Arch
The Three Tuns	We had lunch here	Freddy would approve	Oxford Street
	Gold shoes - the Doorman at Selfridges	Wellington and Boney carving up the Plum pudding (the World)