tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841718718195447808.post427508338169924258..comments2024-01-03T17:54:31.012+00:00Comments on WW2: A Civilian in the Second World War: 4th March 1942: London in WartimeE J Rudsdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11884606063821044751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841718718195447808.post-64474419176406820212012-03-04T16:12:55.379+00:002012-03-04T16:12:55.379+00:00Thanks for sending this very helpful information, ...Thanks for sending this very helpful information, Barbara - much appreciated. From your description, I've now been able to link this diary extract to a website showing the Trinity Almshouses and how they look today. Thanks again, CPE J Rudsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11884606063821044751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841718718195447808.post-87423877341051675822012-03-04T15:31:14.249+00:002012-03-04T15:31:14.249+00:00Interesting account of the area. I imagine the alm...Interesting account of the area. I imagine the almshouses referred to are to the east of both Brady Street and Cambridge Heath Road. They are known as the Trinity Almshouses and were built in 1695 for 28 decayed masters and commanders of ships or their widows. They were constructed behind an enclosing wall with spiked railings that screened them from public view and stood on land given by Captain Harvey Mudd of Ratcliff who was an Elder Brother of the Trinity House. They were badly damaged during the Blitz, as E J Rudsdale witnessed, but were restored to an approximation of their original condition, with modernised interiors in the 1950s.Barbara Critchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968743821876236261noreply@blogger.com