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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Greater London Council
The County Hall. the home of London government from 1922 to 1986. LCC 1889 -...
{The plaque is laid flat on the ground.} This commemorative plaque was set i...
{Next to a photograph of John Hearn} Ernie's Beach This stretch of the river ...
The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns". From PMSA:"... hold...
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Greater London Council
Greater London Council Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, hydrographer and me...
Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough...
Greater London Council Alfred Lord Milner, 1854 - 1925, statesman, lived here.
Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823 - 1913, naturalist, lived here. Greater London Co...
Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894.
We think this refers to the businessman Nicholas Philip Deverell-Stone, born 1953, and his wife. Master of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers. Parents of Mark.
Merchant, slave trader, and diplomat. Born Scotland. 1746 he moved to London and began his own business initially in tobacco but quickly moved into the slave trade. His London base was at Philpot L...
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
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