Group    From 1963 

Bedford Park Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

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.

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

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Bedford Park Society

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Bedford Park panel

On the back of the panel 8 Bedford Park men are featured, each with a paragra...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Bedford Park Society

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Alec Dickson

Alec Dickson, 1914 - 1994, founder VSO & CSV, lived and died here. Bedfor...

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Beryl Brownsword

Beryl Brownsword, architect & conservationist, lived here, 1922 - 2007. B...

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T. A. Greeves

T.A. Greeves, 1917 - 1997, architect & artist co-founder of the Bedford P...

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Yeats - Chiswick

John Butler Yeats 1839 - 1922 artist W.B. Yeats 1865 - 1939 poet Jack B. Yeat...

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Other Subjects

Hayes Literary Society

Hayes Literary Society

We can find little about this group but they were very active in 1992  re. Orwell.

Group, Community / Clubs, Literature

1 memorial
Vic-Wells Association

Vic-Wells Association

Organisation to support Sadler's Wells & the Old Vic.  From their website: "The Vic-Wells Association was founded between 1922-1923 by Lilian Baylis. The Association's objective at that time wa...

Group, Community / Clubs, Theatre

1 memorial
Black Music Congress, etc.

Black Music Congress, etc.

A number of groups related to black music history seem to have come and gone; it's difficult to disentangle them. These links were working in 2021: Black History Month, IRDUK (mentioned on the post...

Group, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Race Issues

1 memorial
Gresley Society Trust

Gresley Society Trust

From the Trust's website: "Our purpose is to study and celebrate the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley in particular, and the works and achievements of the London & North Eastern Railway in g...

Group, Community / Clubs, Engineering, History, Transport

1 memorial
Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien

Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien

Lived most of her life in and around West London.  After WW2 the housing conditions, the poverty and the racial mix in Notting Hill brought out her skills as a community champion.  In 1965 she intr...

Person, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial