Volunteering to Die – Britain’s Unsung Heroes of the Home Front
The Royal Observer Corps (Cold War) and Home Guard (Second World War) In 2014, 888,246 hand-crafted ceramic poppies were set in the grounds of …
Radio Caroline
Photos from Offshoreechos.com and Thevoguevibes.com Radio Caroline, one of the most famous radio stations in the UK was launched 50 years ago today, just off …
D-Day Landings 70 Years On
June the 6th 1944, shortly after midnight, 24,000 British, US, and Canadian, airborne troops landed in the region of France that the amphibious assault would …
Hidden Blitz Bomb Site
German bombing during the Second World War left London heavily damaged to this very day. At 4.18 in the video below filmed in 2013 – …
Hydraulic Pump Stores
See the abandoned one in our video at 3.35 which we filmed in 2013 prior to demolition Pump stores for the now c2c railway were …
Imperial War Museum
To commence Beyond the Point’s coverage of the First World War Centenary, in partnership with the Imperial War Museum, we thought we would visit the …
Secrets of Lakeside Shopping Centre
Pictured above is the planned lake hotel artist’s impression, original pre-2005 Lakeside logo, the new Intu facade c.2013, and construction of the centre c.1993. Although this …
Shell Haven Jetties
The Shell Haven Oil Refinery existed behind the Coryton refinery that dominates the skyline of the surrounding area, which ceased oil production in 2012. It …
Chafford Gorges
Transformed from chalk industry giants of the 20th Century, these huge craters in the landscape now form nature reserves due to the mineral-rich soils. What’s …
London Gateway Container Port
DP (Dubai Ports) World began to construct a huge shipping container port over the site of the Shell Haven oil refinery in around roughly 2010, …