Group    From 1890  To 1919

Fawcett Association

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Trade union of postal sorting clerks. Founded by Wallace Cheesman and named after Henry Fawcett.  The Women Sorters' Association and the Postal Bagmen's Association affiliated in 1908. In 1919 it was one of the unions which amalgamated to form the Union of Post Office Workers.

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Fawcett Association

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Wallace Cheesman

Wallace Bligh Cheesman, 1865 - 1947, founder of the Fawcett Association, live...

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Landsbergs boy scouts

Landsbergs boy scouts

"Toynbee Hall (Routledge Revivals): The First Hundred Years" 1984, Asa Briggs and Anne Macartney provides: "Already in the 1890s, there had been increasing interest in what would now be called yout...

Group, Children, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Enid Balint

Enid Balint

Psychoanalyst and welfare worker. Born Enid Flora Albu. She was involved in the organisation and administration of the Family Welfare Association and Citizens' Advice Bureaux. After her first marri...

Person, Community / Clubs, Medicine

1 memorial
Young Men's Christian Association / YMCA

Young Men's Christian Association / YMCA

Founded in 1844 by George Williams, the YMCA built their first gym in 1881 and opened their first purpose built centre in 1911. The original object was "to promote the spiritual and mental improve...

Group, Community / Clubs, Religion

4 memorials
Elizabeth Dun

Elizabeth Dun

Lived in Royal Crescent, 1972 - 1995.  From The Kensington Society Annual Report 1975-6: "Our gratitude ... to Miss Elizabeth Dun and her sister, Mavis, for a gift of garden equipment in memory of ...

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Midland Bank

Midland Bank

Founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Birmingham. Expanded to become the London City and Midland Bank in 1891, and Midland Bank Ltd in 1923. In 1992, it was taken over by HSBC who had phase...

Group, Commerce

3 memorials
Betty Westgate

Betty Westgate

Health campaigner. When diagnosed with breast cancer, she was dismayed at the lack of information and support for sufferers of the disease. This led her to found the charity which was to become Bre...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
William Smith & Son

William Smith & Son

Builders active in 1910.

Group, Property

1 memorial
Eleanor Harvey

Eleanor Harvey

Eleanor Harvey was born on 2 September 1907 in Merton, Surrey, (now the London Borough of Merton), the second of the three daughters of William George Harvey (b.1874) and Winifred Harvey née Gunner...

Person, Children, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Talbot dog

Talbot dog

Extinct white hunting dog.  Now mainly seen in heraldry.

Animal, Animals, History

1 memorial