We are delighted that the Terraces Tenements and Tower Blocks project researched the Housing Committee minutes and found this photograph. The Housing Committee are probably the people at the back right. We can see the Rev. but there is an extra woman (should only be 2 according to the plaque). The 5 men clustered around the plaque are probably the Mayor and the 4 named at the bottom of the plaque.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Diss Street, Vaughan Estate - foundation
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Diss Street re-housing scheme
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Diss Street Re-housing Scheme This comm...
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Irish immigrants
From the Irish Times: "In the grim 1950s, 40,000 people left Ireland every year to emigrate to Britain. They built the roads and repaired the bombed out buildings of post-war Britain. They staffed ...
1 memorial
Notting Hill Housing Trust
A social enterprise and charity providing affordable housing for Londoners. It was founded by Bruce Kenrick who had moved to Notting Hill in 1963 (which was then a far cry from the desirable area i...
2 memorials
Kensington Housing Trust / Catalyst Housing
Started as Ealing Family Housing Association.
1 memorial
Bramwell Booth
Son of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. First Chief of Staff, 1881–1912, and succeeded his father as General of the SA. Married Florence.
1 memorial
Sister Nivedita
Social worker and author. Born Margaret Elizabeth Noble, in Dungannon, County Tyrone. She came to London, where in 1895 she met Swami Vivekananda. She became his follower and travelled to India wit...
1 memorial
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Mary Shelley
Born in London, at the Polygon building in Somers Town. Parents: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, Eleven days after her birth her mother died. Most famous for writing "Frankenstein". A freq...
4 memorials
Korean War
This war, the first UN action against aggression, has not officially ended but a ceasefire has held since 1953.
3 memorials
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
378 memorials
Cyclist deaths
Much of the street research for LondonRemembers is done by bike. 820 cyclists were killed or seriously injured in 2009 on roads in Britain. Many of these deaths are avoidable. Many of the drivers o...
49 memorials
Geraldine Mary Harmsworth
Mother of Lord Rothermere. Born in Dublin as Geraldine Mary Maffett, the daughter of an Irish land agent. 1884 married a barrister, Alfred Harmsworth, and had a number of children: Alfred, Geral...
3 memorials
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