A local conservation and amenity group founded in 1985 (following a campaign to save Old Westminster Library) to protect and represent the interests of residents and businesses in the 'village' of ancient Westminster (originally 'Thorney Island').
In 1985 this organisation campaigned successfully to save the old Westminster Public Library from demolition.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Thorney Island Society
Siegfried Sassoon, MC, poet, novelist, biographer, 1886-1967, lived and worke...
In the fifteenth century this was the Horn tavern. In the early seventeenth century the hotel was popular with the legal community. A new building was erected in 1880 and probably that was the one ...
Lived most of her life in and around West London. After WW2 the housing conditions, the poverty and the racial mix in Notting Hill brought out her skills as a community champion. In 1965 she intr...
Person, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Tourism / Traditions
The twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest area of the city,
From the Picture source website: "The Turk’s Head was bought from the Council and renovated by our charity in 1992. Now it provides a café and affordable workspace and the rental income pays our ch...
Established in the medieval period and referenced by Shakespeare in 'Henry VI' and by Dickens in 'Pickwick Papers'. Not to be confused with the nearby White Hart at 22 Great Suffolk Street.
