Group    From 1937 

The Blackheath Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

Group that works with local councils, residents, other amenity groups, traders, the police, the Boundary Commission, English Heritage, the Blackheath Joint Working Party and everyone else who can influence the well-being of the area for its continued enjoyment by future generations.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Blackheath Society

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2012 Commemorations - Blackheath

The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...

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The Blackheath Society

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Andrew Gibb drinking fountain and shelter

{On the (non-working) drinking fountain, on the top surface on the north side...

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Other Subjects

The Old Justice

The Old Justice

The picture source says: "An Old Justice pub has been on the site for at least the mid 1850s and the name probably refers to the old justices of the peace, who often had businesses in the area as w...

Place, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Doctor George Scott Williamson

Doctor George Scott Williamson

Medical practitioner and biologist. Born in Ladybank, Fife. He worked on thyroid research at the Royal Free Hospital, with Innes Pearse who he later married. Together they developed the 'Peckham Ex...

Person, Community / Clubs, Medicine, Scotland

1 memorial
Betty Knight

Betty Knight

Campaigner. Born in Finsbury. In 1996 she was the driving force behind the establishment of the Spa Green Management Organisation, a tenant-run group which looks after this council estate.

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Prince of Wales pub, Mackenzie Road

Prince of Wales pub, Mackenzie Road

144 Mackenzie Road. This photo dates from the 1930s. Destroyed by a WW2 V2 rocket.

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Tragedy

1 memorial

Previously viewed

W. S. Frith

W. S. Frith

Sculptor. William Silver Frith. Born Leicester. Other London work: Metropolitan Life Assurance Company building in Moorgate; Imperial College, South Kensington,; Two Temple Place.

Person, Sculpture

3 memorials
Tim Crawley

Tim Crawley

Active in 2006.

Person, Sculpture

9 memorials
W. McLaren

W. McLaren

Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
Henry Hall

Henry Hall

Bandleader. Born in Peckham, he studied at Trinity College of Music. In 1932 he became leader of the BBC Dance Orchestra, and his weekly radio programme drew huge audiences. He always concluded his...

Person, Music / songs

2 memorials
John Maine

John Maine

Sculptor.  Born Bristol.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial