Poet, writer, teacher, playwright. She was born as Cecile Elise Doreen Burgan on 1 June 1919 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). She Wrote music and poetry from an early age and In 1942 married Romeo Nobrega. Trained as a teacher and migrated to the UK in 1969. She lived in Stockwell from about 1980 and electoral registers for 2003-2008 show her listed at Flat 23, Lee Samuel House, 10 Nealden Street, London, SW9 9QX. She died, aged 94 years, on 19 November 2013.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Cecile Nobrega
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Bronze Woman
This was the first statue of a black woman to be on permanent display anywher...
Other Subjects
Enfield school-house / station
the V&A (our picture source) hold in their collection part of the façade of this building (not just the photo but the bricks themselves). Alamy have a photo of the saved section of the façade e...
Senate House
The first purpose-built home and administrative centre for the University of London. Built with 19 floors to be one foot lower than St Pauls, but the tallest non-religious building in Britain. Ap...
Friedrich Froebel
Educationalist and inventor of the kindergarten. Born Germany. Student of Pestalozzi. We first heard of Froebel when studying the great Frank Lloyd Wright whose mother, determined that baby Frank...
Boundary Community School
We are puzzled at the lack of an online presence for this school. We found "Boundary Community School was founded in 9/11/95. This business is working in the following industry: Education." The Cha...
Eton Boating Song
Written by William Johnson Cory. First performed in 1863, the first verse goes:. . . . Jolly boating weather, And a hay harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees,...
Previously viewed
DLR extension to Lewisham
The Docklands Light Railway was originally opened in 1987 and ran from Tower Gateway to Island Gardens and Stratford. As passenger numbers increased, the decision was taken to extend the line south...
Samuel William Iron
Architect active in 1877. We can find no information about him, which is unusual for architects.
Mothers' Union - right
SW1, Tufton Street, Mary Sumner House
The plaques are either side of the entrance in Tufton Street. A large decorative panel on the Great Peter Street corner reads: The Mary S...
Richd. S. Roper
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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