As so often happens, this group was formed to campaign against the proposed demolition of something, in this case Albert Bridge. Thankfully their campaign was successful and they have gone on to similar campaigns and generally to improve the quality of life in Battersea.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Battersea Society
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Donald Swann
Donald Swann, 1923 - 1994, composer, songwriter and entertainer, lived here 1...
Hilda Hewlett
The plaque is located on the site of her first factory which was called the O...
Katherine Mackay Low
Katharine Mackay Low, 1855 - 1923, philanthropist, in whose memory this settl...
Sir George Shearing
Sir George Shearing OBE, 1919 - 2011, jazz pianist and composer. The Batterse...
Other Subjects
Jackie Roe
Jackie (Jacqueline) Roe became a member of Barts Guild in 1989, was elected Hon. Secretary in 1998 and served until 2007. She served on the Guild Committee from 1998 until her death. She had had a ...
1 memorial
Kellaway's Funeral Service
Firm of undertakers located in South East London.
1 memorial
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs W. F. R. Stanley
The Stanleys, William and Eliza, married on 2 February 1857 (his 28th birthday) and were highly respected by the people of South Norwood, hence the lavishness of the tribute. This photograph was qu...
1 memorial
Corinne Skinner Carter
Corinne Skinner-Carter (née Skinner) is a Trinidadian actress based in the United Kingdom. As Corinne Skinner, she began acting professionally in the 1950s. She has worked in black British film and...
Person, Cinema, Community / Clubs, TV & Radio, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Lawrence Noel
Lawrence Noel is credited with bringing the first costumes to the Notting Hill Carnival, in 1973. Grew up in Trinidad. Lawrence, his wife Joan, and the family continued to make mas (masquerade) co...
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
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Ebenezer Church
From Exploring Southwark: "The Norwegian Mission Society opened a mission in Rotherhithe in 1868, originally in a temporary church until a permanent building, called the Ebenezer Church, was opened...
1 memorial
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland) married Prince Albert, Duke of York, the man who would become George VI when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated. ...
36 memorials
Westminster City Council
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...
184 memorials
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
421 memorials
Comic Heritage
Merged with the Heritage Foundation.
29 memorials
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