Plaque

Hugh Gaitskell House

Erection date: 9/5/1964

Inscription

{The top plaque:}
These flats erected for the Stoke Newington Borough Council were opened by Baroness Gaitskell of Egremont on the 9th May 1964.

{The lower plaque:}
They were refurbished for the London Borough of Hackney and reopened by her daughter Julia McNeal on 18th August 1997.

Site: Hugh Gaitskell House (1 memorial)

N16, Stamford Hill

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk

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Hugh Gaitskell House

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Hugh Gaitskell

Statesman. Born London. Labour MP and leader of the party from 1955 until his...

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Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...

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Stoke Newington Borough Council

Formed from the Vestry of Stoke Newington Parish in the County of London, and...

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Baroness Gaitskell

Politician. Born Dora Creditor near Riga, Latvia, and known as Anna. Her fami...

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Julia McNeal

Elder daughter of Hugh and Dora Gaitskell. NPG have a photo of the family wit...

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