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🚆 The Ladbroke Grove Rail Disaster – A Tragedy That Changed British Rail Forever On the morning of 5 October 1999, just outside Paddington Station in London, two trains collided head-on near Ladbroke Grove. A Thames Trains commuter service had passed a red signal and struck a First Great Western high-speed train travelling from Cheltenham Spa. The impact was devastating. 31 people lost their lives, and hundreds were injured. The fire that followed engulfed several carriages, creating scenes of

🚆 The Ladbroke Grove Rail Disaster – A Tragedy That Changed British Rail Forever On the morning of 5 October 1999, just outside Paddington Station in London, two trains collided head-on near Ladbroke Grove. A Thames Trains commuter service had passed a red signal and struck a First Great Western high-speed train travelling from Cheltenham Spa. The impact was devastating. 31 people lost their lives, and hundreds were injured. The fire that followed engulfed several carriages, creating scenes of

Blind Windows and Daylight Robbery This painted window on Grove Street is a trompe-l’œil, an illusion created to match the symmetry of the Georgian façade. In the eighteenth century, Britain introduced the Window Tax in 1696, charging homeowners according to the number of windows in their property. To avoid paying higher rates, many householders bricked up their windows, leaving false or “blind” ones in their place. The tax was deeply unpopular and may have inspired the phrase “daylight robbery”