The City Greenwich Lewisham Rail Link PLC won the concession for the DLR extension to Lewisham.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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DLR extension to Lewisham - Greenwich
{Above the CGL Rail and DLR logos:} Docklands Light Railway Lewisham Extensio...
DLR extension to Lewisham - Lewisham
Docklands Light Railway This plaque was unveiled by the Deputy Prime Minister...
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Thames Navigation Commission
Created in 1751 with responsibility for locks on the river down to Staines. Subsumed into the Thames Conservancy in 1866. Three generations of the Treacher family held senior positions in the Tha...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Kingsway tram tunnel / Strand underpass
The title of Wikipedia's page "Kingsway tramway subway" has way too many 'way's, but the page is very informative. The tunnel was constructed 1906, enabled by the 'slum clearance' project in the A...
1 memorial
transportation to Australia
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
5 memorials
Conservators of the River Thames / Thames Conservancy
Came into being as a result of the Thames Conservancy Act,1857. Completed the building of Teddington Lock. Lost some of its responsibilities in 1909 to the Port of London Authority and in 1974 the ...
3 memorials
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Edward Maria Wingfield
Colonist. Born in Stonely Priory, near Kimbolton. His second Christian name, derived from the fact that his father was a godson of Henry VII's daughter Mary, and it survived in the family for sever...
1 memorial
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Born near Dublin. As a keen cyclist (on a penny-farthing) Harmsworth was submitting freelance articles to the cycle press in the 1880s. In 1886 he was editing Bicycling News. With his brother Haro...
2 memorials
Cliff Richard
Born as Harry Webb in India. Starred with Olivier in Dave Clark's Time. The Shadows were his backing group.
2 memorials
Burning Cross
SE1, Blackfriars Road, Christ Church
September 2013: Our colleague Jamie Davis tells us that the plaque was stolen, presumably for its scrap value.
2 subjects commemorated
Little Whig
WC1, Bedford Row, 42
These two houses now seem to have a single address and, like most of the street, are occupied by lawyers. We asked at reception for info...
1 subject commemorated
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