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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Greater London Council
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County Hall - London government
The County Hall. the home of London government from 1922 to 1986. LCC 1889 -...
Dome of Discovery
{The plaque is laid flat on the ground.} This commemorative plaque was set i...
Ernie's Beach
{Next to a photograph of John Hearn} Ernie's Beach This stretch of the river ...
Gatehouse Square, Southwark
The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns". From PMSA:"... hold...
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Greater London Council
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Admiral Robert Fitzroy - SW7
Greater London Council Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, hydrographer and me...
A. E. Housman - N6
Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough...
Alfred Lord Milner
Greater London Council Alfred Lord Milner, 1854 - 1925, statesman, lived here.
Alfred Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823 - 1913, naturalist, lived here. Greater London Co...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
William Henry Pannell, FCA, FSS
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Follett Holt, KBE
Railway engineer, very influential in Argentina where he was Chairman of many railway companies. Excelled at polo as a young man. First Chairman of the Tower Hill Improvement Trust. Our picture co...
1 memorial
Sidney James Webb
Social researcher, economist and reformer, founder of the L.S.E., Born London. Early Socialist. He and his wife, Beatrice Webb, were, with George Bernard Shaw, early members of the Fabian Society...
2 memorials
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