African National Congress
London headquarters of the African National Congress, 1978 - 1994 were at 28 Penton Street.
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Kit-Cat Club
18th century London club with political (Whig) and literary interests. Tending to the clandestine it met, at different periods, at the Trumpet Tavern, the Fountain Tavern and at Barn Elms. In sum...
Group, Community / Clubs, Literature, Politics & Administration
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Promoseven Network
Akram Miknas set up this company in 1968. It is now the largest marketing communications company in the Middle East.
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Tolpuddle Martyrs
6 Dorset farm labourers, transported to Australia for joining a trade union. Following mass protests against their treatment the government was forced to give pardons and eventually after 2 years, ...
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First Belgian School WW1
By June 1915, the population of Belgian refugees in Britain rose to 265,000. But we couldn't find anything on the web about the school in Cale Street.
1 memorial
London Oratory
Popularly known as the Brompton Oratory. Founded the year after Cardinal Newman established the Birmingham Oratory.
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Social Democratic Federation
Founded by Henry Hyndman in 1884, this was the forerunner of the British Labour Party, the Independent Labour Party and the Communist Party of Great Britain.
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Chelsea Society
The Chelsea Society was founded by the Chelsea author Reginald Blunt, with the aim of protecting the historical fabric of Chelsea and of influencing future environmental changes.
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