Plaque

Aspen Gardens

Erection date: 27/9/1948

Inscription

This building was opened on the 27th day of September 1948 by the Rt Hon Aneurin Bevan. P.C. M.P. Minister of Health.
Mayor of Hammersmith Alderman R.J. Buckingham J.P.

The Housing and Town Planning Committee
Chairman Alderman E. E. Woods J.P.
Vice-Chairman Councillor A.W. Maycock
Alderman F. Brader J.P
Alderman W.H. Church J.P.
Alderman Mrs. A.M. Hallett
Councillor P.R. Baker
Councillor J.B. Bennie J.P. L.C.C.
Councillor N. Chamberlain
Councillor W.F. Lyons
Councillor J.E. Pearce
Councillor H. Reynolds
Councillor F.C.L. Turner
F. Douglas Barton M.I.MUN.E. F.R.S.I. Borough Engineer and Surveyor
Horace Slim Town Clerk
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith

Site: Aspen Gardens (1 memorial)

W6, Great West Road

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Aspen Gardens

State of the art post-war housing estate opened by Aneurin Bevan. Movietone N...

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Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith

Formed as a civil parish in 1834 from the chapelry of Hammersmith that had ex...

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J. E. Pearce

Councillor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948.

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P. R. Baker

Councillor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948.

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F. Douglas Barton

Borough Engineer and Surveyor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our col...

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J. B. Bennie

Councillor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan...

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