Group    From 1999 

Friends of Vauxhall Park

Established in 1999, the Friends of Vauxhall Park is a voluntary group whose aim is to protect and enhance Vauxhall Park as a place of freedom, recreation and enjoyment for all sections of the local community.

Their excellent history section has been one of the main sources for all our information.

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Friends of Vauxhall Park

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Edgar Wilson's model houses

These model houses were made for Vauxhall Park in 1949 by Edgar Wilson of Nor...

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Fawcett house - Vauxhall

We're not experts so we'll accept that the tree is a mulberry. And the tree e...

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Other Subjects

Turkish baths at Imperial Hotel

Turkish baths at Imperial Hotel

The picture shows the frigidarium, with statues in niches near the tops of the columns. The Turkish baths, constructed as part of the 1913 extension to the Imperial Hotel, were the subject of an e...

Building, Architecture, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien

Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien

Lived most of her life in and around West London.  After WW2 the housing conditions, the poverty and the racial mix in Notting Hill brought out her skills as a community champion.  In 1965 she intr...

Person, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial
Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women

Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women

From their website: "With over 120,000 Jews having served in the British Armed Forces during the World Wars, AJEX JMA is here to ensure that their immense contribution is never forgotten. Our aims ...

Group, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs, History

3 memorials
Keib Thomas

Keib Thomas

Community worker, inspirational community activist, volunteer, & teacher, devoted to ethnic & inter-faith harmony, justice and equality. Born in Wales, he moved to London and worked for sev...

Person, Community / Clubs, India, Wales

2 memorials

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Pieter Verbruggen

Pieter Verbruggen

Gun-founder. Son of Jan Verbruggen. The picture shows the second machine built by the Verbruggens.

Person, Engineering, Netherlands

2 memorials
J. J. Trowbridge

J. J. Trowbridge

Alderman on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas Yorke

Thomas Yorke

Architect based in Highgate in 1926.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
A. Sabberton
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
G. E. Taylor

G. E. Taylor

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial