This group was originally set up (2003 or earlier) to improve the Clapton Pond park and pond, and the surrounding area.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group
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Harold Pinter
Plaque unveiled by his widow, Lady Antonia Fraser. It says he was born at thi...
Other Subjects
Leslie Palmer
Director of the Notting Hill Carnival from 1973-1975. He played a key part in shaping the carnival into its modern form, and made a controversial decision to invite local Jamaican sound systems and...
1 memorial
Samuel Pepys Club
Formed as a dining club for eminent Pepys admirers and still limited in number, currently to 140 in the UK and 14 abroad.
1 memorial
Friends of The Old Palace Croydon
A registered charity founded in the 1960s, with the twin aims of raising money for and organising tours of the old Croydon Palace.
1 memorial
John Donovan
Founder of Friern Barnet & District Local History Society. Lived in Friern Barnet between 1966 and 1995.
1 memorial
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
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National Union of Public Employees
WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens
Planted on 13th October 1989 to celebrate a hundred years of caring in the public services. Rodney Bickerstaffe - General Secretary Mic...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
Born Bengal, his father being Chairman of the East India Company. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1835-39. Never married. Died at Cannes where he had lived his final years.
Person, Politics & Administration, Indian Sub-continent, Scotland
1 memorial
National Provident Institution
In 1835 two men, who had been successful with the Friends Provident Institution, selling life assurance only to Quakers, formed the less choosy National Provident Institution, opening for business ...
2 memorials
Esso UK PLC
Fuel company. The name is a phonetic representation of the initials of the company's predecessor Standard Oil. In 1972 it was generally replaced by the name Exxon.
2 memorials
1 memorial