1963

Jak Beula Dodd

Categories: Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Sculpture

Born St Mary's Hospital Paddington, to parents who were both from Jamaica, John Bubeula Dodd is commonly known as Jak Beula. He is a British entrepreneur and cultural activist of Caribbean heritage who invented the board game Nubian Jak and is the founder and chief executive of the Nubian Jak Community Trust, which since 2006 has been memorializing the contributions of African-Caribbean people in Britain.

The photo comes from the unveiling of the Whittington statue and shows: Adam Jogee - Mayor of Haringey: Jeremy Corbyn - Islington North MP: Dr Jak Beula: Troy Gallagher - Islington Mayor.

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Jak Beula Dodd

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African and Caribbean Armed Forces

Unveiled on Windrush Day. A very simple design, we think the horizontal obeli...

Windrush & Commonwealth NHS Nurses and Midwives Statue

London Post has drawings for the sculpture and informs "16 pieces of granite,...

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Stephen and Matilda Tenants' Co-operative

The first local authority estate under tenants' control in Britain. Became a limited company on 30 September 1982. Waymarking gives the interesting history of this organisation.

Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

La Gioconda / Giaconda

Back in the 1960s this was the place where would-be future pop icons hung out. We've found references to: Marc Bolan, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, Small Faces, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix,...

Group, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Music / songs

1 memorial

Holland Park

This is a very vague indication of who erected the plaque for P.D. James. We'd guess it's a group of local residents.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

12th Carshalton Guide Company

Girl guide troop.

Group, Children, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

Friern Barnet & District Local History Society

From their website: "Our founder, John Donovan, lived in Friern Barnet between 1966 and 1995. He became concerned that nothing was being done to record and preserve the history of the area and befo...

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial