This photos show Rev. Knapper (in the white surplice, front left) at the opening ceremony for the hall. His daughters, now Kate Dillon (with the cushion) and Rosemary Watkins, are contributing to the ceremony of the occasion. The people are standing in the entrance porch where the plaques are now on the right hand wall. It shows how the doors and side windows have been changed.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
All Saints Haggerston Church Hall
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Haggerston Road School - destroyed
{Upper plaque:} Original schools destroyed by enemy action 1941. This hall er...
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Laura Lyttelton
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Carol Paula Chapman
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Highbury Fields Association
The Highbury Fields Association aims to encourage community participation in all matters affecting the character, amenities, use, management and development of the Fields and its surrounding neighb...
Sydenham Society
A society that aims to be a voice for Sydenham, and to make it a better place to live and work.
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William Morris Hughes
Prime Minister of Australia. Born in Pimlico. Migrated to Queensland in 1884. Entered politics in 1894, and served in several ministerial posts before becoming Prime Minister in 1915. Died at Lindf...
John Milton
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Wandsworth Fire Station - wall plaque
SW18, West Hill
This memorial originally comprised the two low marble plaques with the display stand between and a rather nice little fountain behind. O...
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Stanley Baldwin
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W. S. Gilbert
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