First meeting of the Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain. We have to admit that the photograph is not actually of the very first meeting.
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first meeting of the Gorsedd
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Iolo Morganwg
The plaque of Anglesey Stone designed and carved by Morris was unveiled at mi...
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Maypole - St Mary Axe/Leadenhall
The maypole, comparable in height to that of the adjacent tower of St Andrew Undershaft, was used each Spring in a celebratory May Day festival. But at the festival on 1 May 1517 the City apprentic...
2 memorials
8 memorials
Notting Hill Carnival
1959, 30 January: a "Caribbean Carnival" was held in St Pancras Town Hall. This annual event was organised by Claudia Jones and directed by Edric Connor (husband of Pearl Connor). It featured caly...
Event, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Tourism / Traditions, Caribbean Islands
5 memorials
Chislehurst Caves
'Caves' is a misnomer, as they are entirely man-made chalk and flint mines. The earliest mention of them is around 1250, and it is believed that they were last worked in the 1830s. In World War 1, ...
1 memorial
Tower Bridge
Named not for its own two towers but for the nearby, pre-existing Tower of London. Tower Bridge was designed by Horace Jones, the City Architect, in collaboration with the engineer, John Wolfe Barr...
5 memorials
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War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Cllr. Ravi Govindia
Chairman of the Wandsworth Technical Services Committee 1994. June 2017 the leader of Wandsworth Council.
1 memorial
David Lodge
Born Rochester, Kent, Started in show-biz as a clown. First credited film role was in 1955 Cockleshell Heroes. Appeared in many films and TV series. Friend of Peter Sellers and other Goons. Die...
1 memorial
Draycott Avenue war memorial
SW3, Cadogan Street, Biddesden House
The memorial is hand-made and all the better for it. The serif typeface is unique and ornate. Framed and boxed behind glass, the manuscr...
War dead | WW1
109 subjects commemorated
109 subjects commemorated
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