1995

Crouch End Clock Tower Centenary

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Crouch End Clock Tower Centenary

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Clock Tower centenary

Planted on 25th June 1995 to celebrate the spirit and vitality of the childre...

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First established in London in 1680 by William Dockwra and his business partner, Robert Murray, operating only within the City of London, the City of Westminter and Southwark. From 1765 similar ser...

Event, Commerce

6 memorials

Surrey Docks fire

The docks were set on fire in the first raid of the Blitz. Our picture source gives: "... a firestorm in the docks that blazed from end to end for a whole week. ... A third of the warehouses and tr...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial

Stainer Street Arch Bombing

300 people were sheltering during an air raid under this arch. 68 died and 175 were injured. Many were killed by the 10 tonne steel doors that were at each end of the shelter. It is said that so...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial

University Boat Race

A race on the River Thames, now run annually between Oxford and Cambridge universities. It was started by Charles Merivale, a student at Cambridge and Charles Wordsworth from Oxford. The gruelling ...

Event, Sport / Games

2 memorials

Dulwich Library air raid

The bomb actually fell on Woodwarde Road opposite Dulwich Library, killing three people and destroying the post office.

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial

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C. L. R. James

Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist and political activist. A pioneering and influential voice in postcolonial literature. Born Cyril Lionel Robert James in Trinidad. An early athlete and ...

Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial