Marjorie 'Marge' Hewson (1943 - 2013) nursery nurse, worked for over 40 years at nearby Christ Church School and escorted children to school from this playground.
Tower Hamlets Council
People's Plaques
E1, Spelman Street, Chicksand House
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marjorie Hewson
From British History online (mainly): In 1708 a charity school started in Spi...
Nursery nurse. She worked for over forty years at Christ Church School, in Br...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Marjorie Hewson
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
The unveiling of this plaque was reported in the East London Advertiser of 24 December 2009. Andrew Behan has researched the names on th...
Percy Lane Oliver, 1878 - 1944, founder of the first voluntary blood donor service, lived and worked here. Greater London Council
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Holland wrote "Death is Nothing at All".
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There were at least 3 designs for lamps along the Thames Embankments. This one, by Timothy Butler, was used rarely so it is a pleasure to...
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