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...
Gatehouse Square, Southwark
The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns". From PMSA:"... hold...
Grayling Square
Grayling Square This block was built in 1976 by the Greater London Council. T...
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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
Lewen Sharp
Alderman of the London County Council and Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council in 1906. It is claimed that he put the bell on the fire engines. Brother of Cecil Shar...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Johann Most
Anarchist and journalist. Born Germany. Forced into exile, first France and in 1878 to London. Here he founded a newspaper, Freiheit/Freedom in which he printed his anarchist views. Imprisoned for ...
1 memorial
Mrs Iris Samuel, MBE, Deputy
1990 - awarded the MBE for charitable services to the City of London, where she is associated with Portsoken Ward. Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
2 memorials