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
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George Lansbury - E14
Born Suffolk. Member of the Poplar Borough Council 1903 - 1940, Mayor 1919 - ...
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George Lansbury - E14
Neither of these plaques can be seen in our photo. They are arranged symmetrically low down on either side of the entrance: Cadogan to th...
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864 - 1958, creator of the League of Nations, lived here. Greater London Council
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Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe 1900 - 1966, landscape architect lived here 1936 - 1984. English Heritage
Banker and politician, grandson of the bank founder Sir Francis. Born Lee, near Lewisham, Kent. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Died at Fontmell Lodge, Bournemouth.
Akram Miknas set up this company in 1968. It is now the largest marketing communications company in the Middle East.
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