Place    From 1948 

Aspen Gardens

Categories: Community / Clubs

State of the art post-war housing estate opened by Aneurin Bevan. Movietone News covered the unveiling ceremony with Bevan's hair battling against the wind.

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

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Aspen Gardens

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Aspen Gardens

This building was opened on the 27th day of September 1948 by the Rt Hon Aneu...

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Hannah Billig

Hannah Billig

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1 memorial
Inez Leslie

Inez Leslie

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Person, Community / Clubs, Jamaica

1 memorial
Fire Brigades Union

Fire Brigades Union

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Group, Community / Clubs, Emergency Services

7 memorials
Belsize Residents’ Association

Belsize Residents’ Association

From their website: "The Belsize Residents Association grew out of a campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s to stop the area being split in two by a motorway."  The group "seek to preserve the ...

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, History

1 memorial
Hyde Park Estate

Hyde Park Estate

We don't know for sure that the HPEA is the "Hyde Park Estate" that erected the Dearmer plaque but it's the best candidate that we could find.

Group, Community / Clubs, Property

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Rowland Plumbe

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Lewisham Borough Council

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27 memorials
Queen Alexandra

Queen Alexandra

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John Wesley Seale

John Wesley Seale

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