Stamp collecting society.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Bromley and Beckenham Philatelic Society
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First British public airmail flight
{Around an illustration of a hot air balloon:} Croydon Road Recreation Ground...
Thornton's Corner
Thornton's Corner Beckenham Journal, 1881 - 1965 First British Airmail Post O...
Other Subjects
Edith Nesbit Society
Founded by Nicholas Reed. It aims to celebrate the life and work of the author and her friends, by means of talks, publications and visits to relevant places.
1 memorial
Garraways Coffee House
Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far as we can tell, at the Change Alley site, where he moved his coffee house after the Great Fire of 1666, replacing another...
2 memorials
Staple Inn
The last surviving Inn of Chancery. Attached to Gray's Inn. Things changed over time but, basically, Inns of Court were places where barristers lodged and worked, while Inns of Chancery were plac...
1 memorial
Marchmont Association
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surrounding area for the benefit of residents, businesses and visitors and to promote community spirit and a sense of shared res...
27 memorials
The inhabitants of Charlton
Charlton is an area of South-East London which still retains the feel of a village. Daniel Defoe described it as: 'A village famous, or rather infamous for the yearly collected rabble of mad-people...
2 memorials
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George, Duke of Kent
Son of George V. Born York Cottage, Sandringham. Honorary member of Lincoln's Inn. 1934 created Duke of Kent and married Marina. Rumoured to have had affairs with Jessie Matthews and Noel Coward. D...
War dead, WW2
3 memorials
Baron George Allardice Riddell
Newspaper proprietor, The News of the World in particular. Chairman of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, in 1926 when he, together with George Eastman, and Sir Albert Levy, funded the cons...
2 memorials
St Mark's Little Army - names
SE5, Cobourg Road, 103
We thought the last line may be a quotation but we cannot find it anywhere. It would be interesting to know if the Warriors Chapel has su...
2 subjects commemorated
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
357 memorials
Eric Kennington
Artist and sculptor. Born Chelsea. Served on the Western Front in WW1 and was invalided out in June 1915.
1 memorial