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Building Our Past

The History of Everyday Buildings.

  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly two posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2021 4
2022 7
2023 3
2024 2

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Department Store Parking: A Brief History
‘Drive your car in London. Not so difficult as many women think’, urged Margaret Montague Johnstone in the pages of The Motor in March 1933. As well as being a keen shopper and motorist, Johnstone …
On , by buildingourpast, 1,258 words
A Date for Findlater’s Corner
Findlater’s Corner – a prominent site on the western approach to London Bridge railway station – was restored to its original glory by The Arch Company, working with Benedict O’Looney Architects, in 2022. The result …
On , by buildingourpast, 696 words
Introducing Self-Service Shopping in the British Isles
The co-operative movement is considered the pioneer of self-service shopping in the UK. It opened its first self-service section in Romford in 1942 and its first fully self-service store in Upton Park in 1948. My …
On , by buildingourpast, 568 words