Group    From 1965  To 1986

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a good summary of the Metropolitan Boroughs that made up the GLC.

Inherited the blue plaque scheme from the LCC and when abolished passed it on to English Heritage.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Greater London Council

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County Hall - frieze

The dates add up because the LCC only moved here in 1922.

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County Hall - London government

The County Hall. the home of London government from 1922 to 1986. LCC 1889 -...

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Dome of Discovery

{The plaque is laid flat on the ground.} This commemorative plaque was set i...

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Ernie's Beach

{Next to a photograph of John Hearn} Ernie's Beach This stretch of the river ...

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Gatehouse Square, Southwark

The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns".  From PMSA:"... hold...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Greater London Council

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A. A. Milne - SW3

A .A. Milne, 1882 - 1956, author, lived here. Greater London Council

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Admiral Robert Fitzroy - SW7

Greater London Council Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, hydrographer and me...

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A. E. Housman - N6

Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough...

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Alfred Lord Milner

Greater London Council Alfred Lord Milner, 1854 - 1925, statesman, lived here.

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Alfred Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823 - 1913, naturalist, lived here. Greater London Co...

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D. Meinertzhagen

D. Meinertzhagen

Daniel Meinertzhagen VI. Head of the Frederick Huth merchant bank, as his father had been before him. Treasurer of the committee that built the extension to the German Hospital, which, given his we...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Harvey Hinds

Harvey Hinds

Harvey William Hinds, politician, clergyman and youth campaigner. Labour Southwark Councillor. Champion of Burgess Park and education, leisure and recreation. Elected to the Greater London Council ...

Person, Children, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial
Lord David Ennals

Lord David Ennals

Labour politician.  Born Staffordshire.  Secretary of State for Social Services 1976 - 9.  Patron of the Bromley by Bow Centre. Died at home in Belsize Park.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Spencer W. Homewood

Spencer W. Homewood

Hon. Secretary of of the Council of the Hornsey Central Hospital in 1924 and 1937.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Lord Drogheda

Lord Drogheda

Deputy chairman of The Economist, July 1975 - July 1985.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Cardinal Newman

Cardinal Newman

Born 80 Old Broad Street, eldest son of a banker. Goaded into writing his Apologia by a criticism from Charles Kingsley published in a magazine.  Established The Brompton Oratory. Died Edgbaston, B...

Person, Race Issues, Religion

3 memorials
Madge Gill

Madge Gill

Artist. Born in a flat at the site of the plaque as Maude Ethel Eades. Being illegitimate she was an embarrassment to her family, who sent her to a Dr Barnado's orphanage. She later went to Canada ...

Person, Art, Paranormal, Canada

2 memorials
G. H. Adams
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, on 6 August at 8:15 in the morning. "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar, on ...

Group, Tragedy, Japan

8 memorials