Person    | Female  Born 1936  Died 2010

Betty Knight

Categories: Community / Clubs

Campaigner. Born in Finsbury. In 1996 she was the driving force behind the establishment of the Spa Green Management Organisation, a tenant-run group which looks after this council estate.

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

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Betty Knight

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Betty Knight

Betty Knight, 1936 - 2010, champion for the rights of Islington residents, li...

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Lewisham Locality Fund

Lewisham Locality Fund

Fund provided by Lewisham Council for groups and organisations who can deliver projects which improve the Lewisham Central area.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Rose and Crown, Wimbledon

Rose and Crown, Wimbledon

From Wimbledon Heritage Map: "part 17C, late 18C  early 19C public house, note multi pane sash  windows; recently sympathetically extended".

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

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
John Carswell

John Carswell

Chairman of the Heath and Old Hampstead Society.

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Independent Order of Mechanics

Independent Order of Mechanics

IUOM: "The Independent United Order of Mechanics was founded in 1757 in Lancashire, England. During its first hundred years as a strong and growing enterprise, the Order established several Grand L...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Artists Rifles

Artists Rifles

The 38th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteers was formed, in response to a threat of invasion by Napoleon III, by Edward Sterling in London with headquarters initially at Burlington House, where t...

Group, Armed Forces, Art

4 memorials
Netherlands Government in exile

Netherlands Government in exile

The Netherlands were invaded by Nazi Germany on the 10th May 1940. Queen Wilhelmina had planned to go to the southern province of Zeeland to co-ordinate resistance, but when it came under attack fr...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Henry Bidgood

Henry Bidgood

Businessman elected by Westminster St James Vestry to be a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856 - 1877.  Died at home in St John's Wood.  

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, inter-generational mosaic art work. The studio aims to draw on the historic roots of local neighbourhoods traversed by Sh...

Group, Art, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design

26 memorials
Bridge House Estates

Bridge House Estates

Established to maintain London Bridge. Named after Bridge House, the original administrative and maintenance centre located where St Olaf House now is. Originally funded by tolls from London Bridge...

Group, Politics & Administration, Property

13 memorials