The Automobile Association, originally set up to help motorists avoid police speed traps, opened its first office in Fleet Street in 1905.
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Fitzjohn’s Residents’ Association
2018: We can't find anything on-line to indicate that they are currently active.
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Sir George Williams
Founder of the Young Men's Christian Association. Born Somerset. Died in a hotel in Torquay.
2 memorials
First settlement of Nepali community
The first settlement of the Nepali community in London.
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London District of Fitzrovia
Area of London, bordered roughly by Euston Road to the north, Oxford Street to the south, Great Portland Street to the west and Gower Street to the east. Probably named after the Fitzroy Tavern pub...
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George Bunting
From Orra: “George, an engineer by profession, was an easy-going, pipe smoking and puckish ‘mein host’. His auburn close-cropped hair and goatee made him instantly recognizable, and his infectious...
1 memorial
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Reeves & Sons Ltd
Artists' colour manufacturer. Established by William Reeves (1739–1803). It has had a number of names, always including "Reeves" until ownership passed to Wilhelm Becker, through Colart Fine Art an...
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Pageants Wharf fire station
SE16, Rotherhithe Street, 241, Old Fire Station Court
Pageant Wharf was the Thames waterfront from Lavender Lock to Pageant Stairs, basically this block. The 1887 Goad Insurance Plan of Londo...
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Manche Masemola
An Anglican catechumen from South Africa who was killed by her animist parents at the age of 16. She had refused to stop visiting the missionaries who came to her town to convert them to Christianity.
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Charles Sargeant Jagger
Sculptor. Born Yorkshire. Started as an apprentice metal engraver for Mappin & Webb in Sheffield, then went to art school and studied sculpture under Lanteri. Served in WW1 in the Artists Ri...
5 memorials
King Edward VI
Only son of Henry VIII (with Jane Seymour who died 12 days after the birth), born Hampton Court. Became king aged 9 and died of consumption 6 years later, at Greenwich Palace. While king he was sup...
12 memorials
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