Newspaper proprietor and campaigner. Born in Norwood. He became owner and editor of the Beckenham Journal, and used his influence in helping to establish the Croydon Road Recreation Ground. His premises were at Thornton's Corner. Later he led the campaign that stopped the local council turning the land that is now Kelsey Park into a housing complex. His photo shows him to be a very stylish gentleman.
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Tom Thornton
These gates are in memory of Tom William Thornton, 1857 - 1933, former editor...
Branch of the Co-op supermarkets, first built in 1912.
Ceramic tile manufacturers. Founded by Jesse Carter, a builders’ merchant and ironmonger from Surrey. It was later renamed as the Poole Pottery. The Carter company produced much of the ceramic til...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was Assistant Manager of the Abbey Wood branch in 1900 and Manager in June 1912.
Shoemaker and trade unionist. Born in Roborough, South Devon. His year of birth on the plaque (1820) contradicts most other sources. He was an itinerant shoemaker for several years before moving to...
Our picture source, HSomerville provides a thorough history of this area and says "St Saviour's Dock was created in the 13th century by the Cluniac monks of Bermondsey Abbey."
Architect. Born, Arthur Beresford Pite, 9 South Terrace, Grosvenor Park, Walworth. London buildings: 30 Euston Square the original building with the Melton Street frontage - HQ of an assurance co...
Poet Laureate. Born Lincolnshire. Wrote 'Morte d'Arthur' (1859-85) about King Arthur and 'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) a long elegy for his Cambridge friend and his sister Emily's fiancé, Arthur He...
In 1918 the Royal Naval Air Service merged with the Royal Flying Corps to form the RAF. 6 years later the Fleet Air Arm was formed encompassing all the RAF flying operations based on aircraft carri...
British History has a map showing how in 1986 Tower Hamlets divided itself up into seven neighbourhoods with responsibility for housing, one being Bethnal Green. This structure seems to have lasted...
Merchant tailor and co-founder of Rotary International. Born Hiram Elroy Shorey in Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine.
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