In grateful memory of Alderman Charles Fisher Yates JP, an ardent worker for and benefactor of the West Hackney Almshouses, who passed away on the 2nd February 1945.
This memorial is from Commercial Motor Users of Hackney who have established a fund, the income of which is to be distributed to the residents of the almshouses annually, to perpetuate the memory of a very dear friend.
E5, Northwold Road, West Hackney Almshouses
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Yates
Mainly from British History Online we've learnt the following: In 1740 Thomas...
Mayor of Hackney 1933-34. The picture shows him (the mayor, on the left) at t...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Yates
The name suggest a group of local business people coming together around the ...
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
In our photo the plaque is on the wall to the right of the woman in pink. This public staircase has intricately designed curved bowstrin...
None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
"London County Council"? We don't think so. A Sir Tom Baker has a bespoke tailoring business around the corner at 4 D’Arblay Street, wher...
Bermondsey Street Back Stories says three people died in this raid.
Greater London Council Gus Elen 1862 - 1940, music hall comedian, lived here.
Sculptor. Her website, our picture source, says that she "lives and works in the east end with a studio in the Bromley by Bow community centre."
Bonus fact: in 1944 Jerry Springer was born in nearby Highgate tube station.
In our 2003 photo you can see two plaques: the one sticking out of the wall is in Braille. You can also see a corner of our fair city whi...
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