Pete Curran MP 1860 - 1910 the pioneering socialist, trade union leader and first Labour MP for Jarrow lived at 1 Pretoria Avenue, since demolished, during the latter part of his life.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E17, Pretoria Avenue, 1
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pete Curran
Politician and trade unionist. Born Patrick Francis Curran in Glasgow, becomi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Pete Curran
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
In 2022 Philip Broke told us that the plaque on this house is blue not purple. We revisited and we have added our photo here. The blue pl...
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heritage
Frankie Howerd OBE, 1917 - 1992, comedian lived here, 1966 - 1992. The Dead Comics Society
Site of Biggin Hill Royal Air Force Station 1917 - 1992. The London Borough of Bromley
No erection date is given but we've guessed that the work was done and the plaque erected in time for the Jubilee in 1977.
