Trade union of postal sorting clerks. Founded by Wallace Cheesman and named after Henry Fawcett. The Women Sorters' Association and the Postal Bagmen's Association affiliated in 1908. In 1919 it was one of the unions which amalgamated to form the Union of Post Office Workers.
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Fawcett Association
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Wallace Cheesman
Wallace Bligh Cheesman, 1865 - 1947, founder of the Fawcett Association, live...
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Benjamin Cotton
Benjamin Cotton was born on 10 February 1794, in Leyton, Essex (now Greater London), the ninth of the ten children of Captain Joseph Cotton (1745-1825) and Sarah Cotton née Harrison (1751-1818). On...
1 memorial
Haydn Society of Great Britain
The group's website.
1 memorial
Caxton Hall
Originally designed as the Westminster City Hall. It was associated with the Suffragettes, who started their marches to Parliament from here. 1940 Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer was assassinated at a ...
3 memorials
Friends of Kelsey Park
Kelsey Park is in Beckenham, Kent. The objectives of the group are the conservation and protection of the park’s ecology, plants, animals, birds and its beauty. Its intention is to provide educatio...
1 memorial
Inland Waterways Association
Formed to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British canals and rivers. One of its founders was the author Robert Aickman. The author Elizabet...
1 memorial
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Archbishop John Bird Sumner
Born Warwickshire. Bishop of Chester 1828 - 48 when he was elevated to Archbishop of Canterbury. Brother to Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester. Died at his summer residence in Croydon, Addington ...
1 memorial
William Donald
For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.
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Keith Bowler
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010, at least, he lived in Wilkes Street Spitalfields and created these unusual pavement plaques. We understand they were c...
22 memorials
John Howard
Prison reformer. Born Hackney. Travelled throughout the UK and then further afield investigating the state of welfare in prisons and doing what he could to improve it. Died in Kherson in the Ukrain...
2 memorials
Fenner Brockway
Pacifist, Labour MP, life peer, CND founder, free-thinker, campaigner for peace and racial equality. President of Liberation. Born Calcutta. Died Watford General Hospital, Hertfordshire. Until at l...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Peace, Politics & Administration, India
3 memorials
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