Conservation group. Co-founded by two local residents, architect Tom Affleck Greeves and Harry Taylor, following the demolition of some historic houses and unsympathetic developments in the neighbourhood. They were supported by poet and conservation campaigner Sir John Betjeman.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bedford Park Society
On the back of the panel 8 Bedford Park men are featured, each with a paragra...
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Bedford Park Society
Alec Dickson, 1914 - 1994, founder VSO & CSV, lived and died here. Bedfor...
Beryl Brownsword, architect & conservationist, lived here, 1922 - 2007. B...
T.A. Greeves, 1917 - 1997, architect & artist co-founder of the Bedford P...
John Butler Yeats 1839 - 1922 artist W.B. Yeats 1865 - 1939 poet Jack B. Yeat...
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