Plaque

Bethnal Green Housing Association - Queen Margaret Flats

Erection date: 16/4/1929

Inscription

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1929
The Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association Limited

{Lower plaque:}
This foundation stone was laid by the Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, His Majesty's Minister of Health, on behalf of the Bethnal Green Housing Association on April 16, 1929.
Except the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it.

Site: Bethnal Green Housing Association - Queen Margaret Flats (1 memorial)

E2, St Jude's Road, Queen Margaret Flats

These were the first flats built by the Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association. Designed by Ian Hamilton, the key architect for St Pancras House Improvement Society.

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Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association / Gateway

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