Erection date: 1/6/1987
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This plaque was unveiled by Colin Cowdrey, President, on 1st June 1987 to mark the bi-centenary of the first match played at Dorset Fields.
NW1, Dorset Square
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Cricket's ruling body. Founded when the first match was played at Lord's cri...
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His father named him Michael Colin Cowdrey so that he would have the same ini...
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David Bowie, 1947 - 2016. His albums Hunky Dory and The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the iconic Space Oddity were recorded here ...
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The crash plaque is attached to a large chunk of granite - a piece of the John Rennie Waterloo Bridge (source: Colne Valley Park). And a...
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Boxer. Born Gershon Mendaloff at 56 Umberston Street, St George-in-the-East, Aldgate. One of many young Jewish men who took up boxing as a means of escaping the poverty of the east end of London. H...
Community educationist. Born Alexander Graeme Dickson at Duxhill Lodge, Ruislip. He served in Africa in World War II, where he began to formulate his ideas for mass education. He returned in 1948 a...
