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...
A charity based in London SE1 for nearly 130 years which aims to create and provide community services and support. See Settlement for an explanation.
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. Pan player from Trinidad. 1959 formed a small steel band with Tony Charles, Clifford Adams, Lawrence ‘Stretch’ Noel and Kenneth White. Taught pan p...
"Our objects are to create the sense of community that one would hope to find in a good village, to increase awareness of local history and the character that make Dulwich special, to foster an app...
The town was founded when Dudley, Lord North (1602-77) discovered a mineral spring in the area, and after drinking the water found his ill-health had improved. He persuaded his friends to try it an...
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