Born Joseph James Vaughan in East London. Started work, aged 8, while still at school. As an electrician he entered into trade union politics and as a left-wing Labour supporter became a councillor in Bethnal Green in 1914 and was Mayor 1919 - 1922. Founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain but remained a member of the Labour Party. Narrowly failed to become an elected MP.
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Councillor Joe Vaughan
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Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme This ...
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Councillor Joe Vaughan
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Diss Street re-housing scheme
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Diss Street Re-housing Scheme This comm...
Swinburne House
Apart from the architect the names on this plaque are the same as those on th...
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1 memorial
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Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894.
1 memorial
Sir Orlando Bridgeman
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1 memorial
1 memorial
Lord Lugard
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Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong, India, Nigeria
1 memorial
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Copenhagen House and Caledonian Market
N7, Market Road, Caledonian Park
We attended the unveiling of the Tolpuddle plaque on 25 April 2009, the 175th anniversary of the march, and took these photographs at the...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Bobby Moore - Waverley Gardens
IG 11, Waverley Gardens, 43
Bobby Moore, 1941 - 1993, captain of the world cup-winning England football team, lived here. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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