Plaque

Hanwell Clock Tower

Erection date: 7/5/1937

Inscription

This clock was erected by the citizens of Ealing to commemorate the coronation of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Mayor - Councillor F.F. Woodward J.P.
Chairman of Highways Committee - Alderman A.W. Bradford
May 1937
Borough of Ealing

Site: Hanwell Clock Tower (1 memorial)

W7, Hanwell Broadway

This clock tower has a non-identical pair, in Northolt, erected with the same text on the plaque and created by the same clockmaker, but in a very different tower.

In the early 1970s an estate agent wanted this "dreadful concrete eyesore" removed and replaced with something more pleasing, but, thankfully, it was restored instead.

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hanwell Clock Tower

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Coronation of King George VI

George VI's coronation at Westminster Abbey took place on 12 May 1937, the da...

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

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King George VI

Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hanwell Clock Tower

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Ealing Council

Governing body of the London Borough of Ealing, Formed in 1965 by the merging...

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A. W. Bradford

Alfred Bradford. Alderman and Chairman of Ealing Highways Committee in 1937.  

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F. F. Woodward

Frederick Woodward. Councillor, J.P. and Mayor of Ealing in 1937.

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