John Scurr House
This block was built by Stepney Borough Council in 1937 and named after John Scurr (1876 - 1932) the Labour MP for Mile End from 1923 to 1931.
Tower Hamlets Community Housing THCH
E14, Ratcliffe Lane
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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John Scurr House
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Labour MP for Mil...
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John Scurr House
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See the plaque at the entrance for more information about these 5 plaques.
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The quotation is one of several variations on the same theme. Possible originators include Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincol...
English Heritage Sir Gerald Kelly, 1879 - 1972, portrait painter lived here, 1916 - 1972.
Unveiled 25 November 2000, the 30th anniversary of the commemorated event. Invited guests included the Culture Secretary Chris Smith MP, ...
The Regent's Park plaque has the date of birth as 1794 but this contradicts all the other sources we have found, which have 1793. Nesfield was a significant Victorian garden designer who had a rep...
Born Edward John May. Estate Architect at Bedford Park 1880 - 1885. Died Chislehurst. From the Bedford Park panel: "E. J. May was the last pupil of Decimus Burton before joining Shaw’s practice as...
Eel, pie and mash shop. Founded by husband and wife William and Emily Arment, and still run by their descendants. We don't know if our picture shows the real David Jason as 'Del Boy' or whether the...
The report in the glazed stand contain this text: Barry Trussell died a month after a fire in the Intensive Care Unit of Tooting’s St Ge...
Jewish cryptographer, Leopold (Leo) Samuel Marks, MBE, lived in flat 410 Park West, when Chief of Codes at Special Operations Executive (...
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