Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a good summary of the Metropolitan Boroughs that made up the GLC.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Greater London Council
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County Hall - London government
The County Hall. the home of London government from 1922 to 1986. LCC 1889 -...
Dome of Discovery
{The plaque is laid flat on the ground.} This commemorative plaque was set i...
Gatehouse Square, Southwark
The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns". From PMSA:"... hold...
Grayling Square
Grayling Square This block was built in 1976 by the Greater London Council. T...
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Greater London Council
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Admiral Robert Fitzroy - SW7
Greater London Council Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, hydrographer and me...
A. E. Housman - N6
Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough...
Alfred Lord Milner
Greater London Council Alfred Lord Milner, 1854 - 1925, statesman, lived here.
Alfred Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823 - 1913, naturalist, lived here. Greater London Co...
Other Subjects
Nestor Makhno
Anarchist revolutionary and commander of an anarchist army. Born in what is now Ukraine. Died in exile in Paris.
1 memorial
Admiral, Sir Charles Adam, KCB
Naval officer. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, July 1847 until his death. Died at Greenwich.
1 memorial
Ghana High Commission
Ghana is in West Africa. Colonised and gained independence in 1957, the first West African colony to do so.
1 memorial
Duke of Norfolk, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke
Postmaster General 1895 - 1900.
1 memorial
Polish Government in Exile
It was formed in the aftermath of the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 and continued through World War II and the subsequent annexation by the Soviet Union. Based in Paris and Angers until Fra...
1 memorial