Building    From 13/8/1961  To 9/11/1989

Berlin Wall

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Germany

Erected by East Germany to isolate West Berlin (run by the US, the UK and France) from East Berlin and the rest of the surrounding East Germany (under control of the Soviet Union). It effectively imprisoned the inhabitants of East Berlin and was a symbol of the Cold War. In November 1989, for reasons too momentous to describe here, the political will to enforce the barrier failed and protesters were allowed to begin demolishing the wall.

Sections of the wall were distributed around the world and other pieces are in London at: the National Army Museum, Chelsea and at the sports hall of the German School, Richmond.

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Berlin Wall

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Berlin Wall - SE1

{On a nearby plaque:} Section of the Berlin Wall 'Change Your Life' by the gr...

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President Reagan statue

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Haringey councillors who served since 1965 and have died.

Haringey councillors who served since 1965 and have died.

Haringey Councillors who served since 1965 and have died.

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Gordon Campbell

Gordon Campbell

Canadian diplomat and politician. Born in Vancouver. He was the 34th Premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011, leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party and from 2011 to 2016, Canadian High...

Person, Politics & Administration, Canada

1 memorial
Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

Industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Born Dunfermline, Scotland in a one-room cottage. 1848 the family emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA. Only about 5 feet in height and garrulous, Car...

Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Scotland, USA

2 memorials
Social Democratic Federation

Social Democratic Federation

Founded by Henry Hyndman in 1884, this was the forerunner of the British Labour Party, the Independent Labour Party and the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Norman Harry Harding, OBE

Norman Harry Harding, OBE

Chairman of of the City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committee in 1982. Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

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Councillor Angela Harvey

Councillor Angela Harvey

Westminster Council's member for Housing in 2007. Elected as Lord Mayor of Westminster in 2012.

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Civic Trust

Civic Trust

From the picture source website: " founded in 1957 by Duncan Sandys, a British politician, and the former son-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill. It campaigned to make better places for people to live...

Group, Architecture, Community / Clubs

4 memorials
Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley

Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only after the death of her parents could she fulfil her aspirations of travel. Her first book, "Travels in West Africa", publi...

Person, Exploring, Africa

1 memorial