MP and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Eric Pickles
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Munich Olympics 40 years
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...
Sir Simon Milton statue - Paddington
Unveiled by Eric Pickles. To our eyes, Milton's jacket looks too big for him,...
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Sir William McArthur
Born Ireland, brother to Alexander. Moved his drapery business to London in 1857. Liberal MP 1868-85. Lord Mayor of London 1880-1. Supported a Methodist College in Ireland.
James W. Croxford
Surveyor, civil engineer, working with Brentford Council in 1909.
Oliver Cromwell
Born Huntingdon, the great-grandson of Richard Cromwell who was Thomas Cromwell's nephew. The picture source website also provides these words: "Following the traumatic upheavals of civil war and r...
Edgar Issac Lansbury
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Despite the claim on his Wikipedia page that he was born on 3 April 1887, this was not the case. He was the fifth of the twelve children...
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The Royal Parks
Manages 8 major Royal Parks covering 5,000 acres: Bushy Park (with the Longford River), The Green Park, Greenwich Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Regent's Park (and Primrose Hill), Richmo...
Waterloo and City Railway
A shuttle service between Waterloo and Bank (previously 'City') stations designed for commuters. View from the Mirror has a very good post on this line. Londonist have a good succinct history of ...
Enfield school-house / station
the V&A (our picture source) hold in their collection part of the façade of this building (not just the photo but the bricks themselves). Alamy have a photo of the saved section of the façade e...
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