Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open spaces in Finchley and Friern Barnet and their environs, and to explore the history and the special features of the area. The Finchley Society covers the old Borough of Finchley and the Urban District of Friern Barnet, now part of the London Borough of Barnet, and takes an interest in most aspects of life in the community.
Spike Milligan was the first President, a post he held until his death in 2002.
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Finchley Society
Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871. The Finchley Society
Joseph Grimaldi Joseph Grimaldi was born in 1778 in London. His father was a...
Harry Beck, designer of the 1933 London Underground map, lived here, 1936 - 1...
2017: The plaque is no longer here (our photograph was taken 2008), We have c...
Londonist posted this plaque, asking for information on Wall. Brixton Society reported that a fellow former occupant replied "Julian Wall was a founder member of Carlton Mansions Housing co-operati...
Frank Gilbert Crichlow was a human rights campaigner, community organiser and restauranteur. Born Trinidad. Came to England in June 1953. Founded Mangrove Restaurant. Co-founded Mangrove Steel B...
Person, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Caribbean Islands
Used to meet at The Coal Hole in the Strand. In about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading founder member. Qualification for membership: being forbidden by your wife to sing in the bath. So the club ch...
Supporters' organisation formed in difficult times to help Fulham Football Club remain at its historic home. From Moments that made Fulham: "In February 1993, and with Fulham’s lease on the Cott...
Active in 2008 and, 2024, this might be their Facebook page Telegraph Hill Park Voice.
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
Writer and philanthropist. Born in Ebenezer Square, Whitechapel. He became deeply involved with the Zionist cause, and travelled widely; speaking and writing on its behalf. His works earned him the...
Prime Minister 1940 - 45 and 1951 - 55. Born Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, Oxford, into an aristocratic family. His father was the son of the Duke of Marlborough, and his mother was born in Broo...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
Founded in 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and on 26 September of that year, over 1,000 men were sworn in in the grounds of the Foundling Hospital. (From Sarah Wise's boo...
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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