Lord Donald Soper, 1903 - 1998, Christian Socialist and pacifist, spoke on Tower Hill for over 70 years.
Soper spoke here every Wednesday afternoon from 1927 until 1998, three weeks before his death. There is some film of him here in the 1975 'Bernard Falk's Tour Of Hidden London'.
EC3, Byward Street
The building between the gate and the Tower, which is ruining this picture is the Tower of London visitor-centre-come-gift-shop-etc. Mmmm.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Soper
Christian Socialist and pacifist. Born 36 Knoll Road, Wandsworth. Keen sport...
Celia Fiennes, 1662 - 1741, traveller and diarist, lived in a house near this site from 1738, and died here. London Borough of Hackney
Google Streetview enables us to say that this plaque was erected between June 2014 and July 2015.
The boundary wall and gate pillars and the Highmaster's House are all that remain of St Paul's School buildings. The redbrick, very orna...
The plaque, as well as having rather peculiar punctuation gets the year of death wrong but only by 2 days, so understandable.
St Stephens was erected in 1847-9, designed by Benjamin Ferrey, and funded by Angela Burdett-Coutts. The small south chapel of 1904 is v...
Flight Sergeant of RAF 61 Squadron, killed in the crash of Hampden bomber P4399. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Flight Sergeant (Observer) Roy John West Geater was born...
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