Near this place on July 29th 1921 George Lansbury led the people and councillors of Poplar on their march to the high court for the equalisation of rates to poor boroughs.
Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
E14, East India Dock Road, 203
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Lansbury - E14
Born Suffolk. Member of the Poplar Borough Council 1903 - 1940, Mayor 1919 - ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Lansbury - E14
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804 - 1864, American author, stayed here in 1856. L.C.C.
The names are grouped by brief company identifier, which we’ve recognised as follows: B&S - Butterfield & Swire CN Co - China N...
Strangely, there are two identical blue plaques, either side of the entrance.
This same building is commemorated at the Charles Dickens home memorial.
This is a rare representation of Roosevelt standing, albeit with a stick. A notice board informs: "This memorial represents contributions...
Historian, William Harnett Blanch, 1836 - 1900, lived here. Peckham Society
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