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Gordon W. Newton

Categories: Craft / Design

A stonemason with a business in East Farleigh, Maidstone: The Stone Shop. Now aided by his daughter, he has generously taken it on himself to ensure the Stephen Lawrence memorial is repaired and well-tended. We are truly moved by this on-going act of kindness.

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Gordon W. Newton

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Falklands War memorial

The memorial was dedicated on Merchant Navy Day 2005 by the First Sea Lord, A...

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Stephen Lawrence - Eltham

The plaque has been vandalised several times. The original one had to be repl...

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Horatio Myer & Co.Ltd

Horatio Myer & Co.Ltd

Horatio Myer (7 June 1850 - 1 January 1916) was born Hereford, the son of a German Jewish immigrant.  He moved to London and in 1876 in Vauxhall he set up business producing metal beds and later pr...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Spitalfields weaving industry

Spitalfields weaving industry

Many of the Huguenots that arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries were skilled silk weavers and set up looms in their homes in Spitalfields. The Spitalfields textile trade thrived until the mi...

Concept, Commerce, Craft / Design

2 memorials
The King's Road

The King's Road

It derives its name from the fact that It was King Charles II’s private road to Kew and wasn’t opened to the general public until 1830. Mary Quant opened her shop ‘Bazaar’ here in 1955. Along with ...

Place, Commerce, Craft / Design, Royalty, Transport

1 memorial
Elisa Camfield

Elisa Camfield

Mosaic/ceramic artist, active c. 2005.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Salviati

Salviati

Family of mosaic artists from Italy. When they moved into new premises in 1898 they decorated the frontage with mosaics - this is now the Regent Street Apple building.

Group, Craft / Design, Italy

3 memorials