Erection date: 6/10/2018
Inscription
The peace symbol, designed by Gerald Holtom, adopted here 1958.
London Borough of Hackney
Site: Peace symbol (1 memorial)
N4, Blackstock Road, 3, Fish & Cook Stationers
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Peace symbol
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Peace symbol
Designed by Gerald Holtom as a nuclear disarmament logo for the first Alderma...
Gerald Holtom
Artist and designer of the peace symbol in 1958. Graduated from the Royal Co...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Peace symbol
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Hackney Council
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