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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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...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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...
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Probably married to Rebecca.
Mayor of the Borough of Chelsea in 1906 - 8. Represented Chelsea in the LCC, 1922-34. LondonWiki says: "Following the death of his two elder brothers, the 3rd and 4th Barons De L'Isle and Dudley, h...
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Dorset. Trained in law and worked for a time in the Carribean where he saw the cruelty to slaves and became an abolitionist. The death of his first wife deepened hi...
Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Caribbean Islands
Mayor of Stoke Newington 1950-1 and 1952-3. This photo was taken at a wedding during one of Norvall's terms of mayoralty. The bride and groom (Thomas Watts And Mrs Susan Lawler) are the couple at ...
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
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