Erection date: 19/5/2017
Mark Ashton, 1960 - 1987, political and community activist. LGSM met at Gay's the Word bookshop on this site, 1984/5.
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The crowd funded plaque was unveiled on 19 May 2017, Ashton's 57th birthday. 'Pride', the 2014 film about Ashton and the LGSM is a good watch.
WC1, Marchmont Street, Gay's the Word
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mark Ashton
Irish political, community and gay rights activist. Born Oldham but grew up i...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mark Ashton
Formed in 1984 by Mark Ashton and his friend Mike Jackson, this group was onl...
The Clapham Sect. Members of the British anti-slavery movement met at Battersea Rise House on this site. 2010 - Wandsworth Council
In our photo, looking left to right, the bench is in the small church garden hidden behind the car; the Dearmer plaque is on the wall beh...
"The munificence of his benefactions" - we just don't write plaques like that anymore.
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The plaque was originally erected on the house where she had lived. This was later demolished and the plaque re-erected on the replacemen...
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