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British Rail Community Unit

Categories: Transport

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Division of the former British Rail.

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

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British Rail Community Unit

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Workers of Woolwich

The mural depicts the activities carried out by workers at the former Royal A...

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Other Subjects

Hammersmith Bridge

Hammersmith Bridge

The original bridge was designed by William Tierney Clark, and was the first suspension bridge over the River Thames. By the 1870s, it became evident that it was not strong enough to support the vo...

Building, Transport

4 memorials
District Railway / Metropolitan District Railway

District Railway / Metropolitan District Railway

Formed to complete the 'inner circle' of the tube in London.  This was effectively the southern section: Mansion House to Earl's Court and beyond.  The tunnels were formed using the 'cut and cover'...

Group, Transport

6 memorials
Moorgate tube disaster

Moorgate tube disaster

At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end.  Because it was b...

Event, Tragedy, Transport

2 memorials
Thomas Auton

Thomas Auton

Thomas Auton was born on 14 February 1864 in Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon, probably the fifth of the six children of John and Mary Ann Auton. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1864 in t...

Person, Transport

1 memorial

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Unity Theatre plaque

Unity Theatre plaque

NW1, Charlton Street

This plaque is on the front facade at ground floor level, between the two windows.

1 subject commemorated
Windrush Generation

Windrush Generation

W2, Paddington Station, Platform 1

The plaque was unveiled by actor/singer Peter Straker and the Reverend Michael King, son of Sam King. The Windrush docked at Tilbury and...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators