From the picture source website: " founded in 1957 by Duncan Sandys, a British politician, and the former son-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill. It campaigned to make better places for people to live. It ran until 2009 before going into administration due to a shortage of funding."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Civic Trust
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George Webster fountain
{On the north face of the main body, above the water bowl:} To George Webster...
Greenwich Workshops for the Blind
These trees and benches, made of stone from the 1892 workshops for the blind ...
Kew Gardens Station footbridge
Opened in 1912, Kew Gardens station footbridge is an early and rare British e...
Wimbledon Village Improvement 1964
Wimbledon Village Improvement Scheme 1964 Completed by Wimbledon Village Asso...
Other Subjects
Harryram Rambissoon
We are grateful to Rambissoon’s daughter, Meera, who told us that her father designed the plaque. She writes: “He was an architect for London Underground. He was passionate about design and transpo...
Sydney Smirke
Architect. Born London, younger brother to Robert. London works include: Carlton Club Pall Mall, Dome Chapel in what is now the Imperial War Museum, Reading Room in the British Museum, exhibition ...
HM Office of Works
Summarising Wikipedia: The Office of Works (the King's Works) was responsible only for royal properties (1378–1832). This became the Office of Woods, Forest, Land Revenues and Works (1832–1852). Th...
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Mary Kingsley
Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only after the death of her parents could she fulfil her aspirations of travel. Her first book, "Travels in West Africa", publi...
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