Hobbs Gates
SE11, Kennington Oval, Hobbs Gates
See Alpha Rail for a close-up photo of these lovely Art Deco gates during their restoration in 2013. "Significant changes were being made to the Ho...
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Lambeth Borough Council gates
SE11, Black Prince Road
Lambeth Council’s first 4 tenement blocks of council housing were built on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road) in 1927, replacing a workhouse. Two...
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St Dunstans gates - 1844
E1, Stepney High Street
This small plaque is on the inner gate pier to the left of our photo. From London Gardens Online: "The old parsonage was demolished in 1763 and the...
1 subject commemorated, 5 creators
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St Dunstans gates - 1999
E1, Stepney High Street
This small plaque is on the inner gate pier to the right of our photo. We like the way they have copied the idea and the style of the 1844 plaque.
1 subject commemorated, 6 creators
Geraldine Mary Harmsworth
SE1, Kennington Road, Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park
"The splendid struggling mothers..." is surely a quote from something, perhaps written by Geraldine Mary at the time the Park was being proposed/op...
2 subjects commemorated
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