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...
Alderman and on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital.
Prime Minister of the war-time London-based Polish Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish armed forces. In his 1970 play, Soldiers, Rolf Hochhuth accuses Churchill of murdering Sikorski. ...
Warden of Girdlers Hall in 1960. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Edward Calcott Pryce was born on 16 May 1884 in 'Trelydan', Guilsfield, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales, the elde...
NUWSS in Manchester, Labour MP for Jarrow. As Jarrow MP she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March. Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Born Manchester. Had a close per...
Old Limehouse, built around 1705 and demolished in 1935. The original door is held by the Ragged School Museum, Bow, E3.
Established in 1911 as the National Bureau for Promoting the General Welfare of the Deaf by Leo Bonn, this organisation's name has evolved somewhat over time.
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the 23rd, the same date as his death, but all that is actually known is that he was baptised 3 days later, on the 26th. Even...
Son of Marcus Garvey. Became an electrical engineer and served as the seventh president-general of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League which his father had fo...
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
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