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Blackfriars Settlement

Categories: Community / Clubs

A charity based in London SE1 for nearly 130 years which aims to create and provide community services and support. See Settlement for an explanation.

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

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Blackfriars Settlement

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Ernie's Beach

{Next to a photograph of John Hearn} Ernie's Beach This stretch of the river ...

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Local people (King's Cross)

Local people (King's Cross)

Local people fought and won against office development and created The Calthorpe Project, community gardens, play space and under fives' area.

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, inter-generational mosaic art work. The studio aims to draw on the historic roots of local neighbourhoods traversed by Sh...

Group, Art, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design

26 memorials
British Comedy Society / Dead Comics Society

British Comedy Society / Dead Comics Society

Originated in the front room of John Gatenbys' family home in Highgate, during a discussion concerning Peter Seller's nearby childhood home. Out of this the 'Dead Comics Society' was born and their...

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Humour

14 memorials
Anglo-Canadian friendship

Anglo-Canadian friendship

The plaque actually commemorated just the friendship between the people of Ottawa and the people of Holborn but this seemed a bit narrow so we have broadened the scope of the rapport.

Concept, Community / Clubs, Canada

1 memorial
Coal Hole Tavern

Coal Hole Tavern

The meeting place of the Wolf Club of which in about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading member.  Lawrence Silverman tells us that, later, this was the tavern where Renton Nicholson staged his very rude...

Place, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial

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Epsom and Ewell famous people

Epsom and Ewell famous people

We have found another plaque in the same style erected under the name of 1937 - 1987 golden jubilee.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
family of John J. Louis, Jr.

family of John J. Louis, Jr.

Louis was a businessman and USA Ambassador, 1981 - 1988.  His family co-funded the Reagan statue.  The dates given here are Louis's.

Group, Benefactor, Friend / family, USA

1 memorial
Johnny Haynes

Johnny Haynes

Footballer. Born John Norman Haynes at the Middlesex Hospital Annexe, St Pancras. He spent his entire first class career at Fulham Football Club, where he played a record 657 games. Played for the ...

Person, Sport / Games, Scotland

1 memorial
Alfred Phillips

Alfred Phillips

Composer, publisher, piano dealer. Alfred William Phillips was born in Whitechapel to a family in 'trade', one of which was a music shop, where he learnt piano tuning. When he started his own busin...

Person, Commerce, Music / songs

4 memorials
Alannah Weston

Alannah Weston

Alannah Elizabeth Weston was born in January 1972 in Dublin, Ireland the daughter of Galen and Hilary Weston. Her Wikipedia page gives details of her life.

Person, Commerce, Friend / family, Philanthropy, Canada

1 memorial