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.
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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...
Hobsons Place / Pelham Place
Hobsons Place This block was built in 1966 by the Greater London Council and ...
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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
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Liberal politician. Born Lansdowne House. Like many of the aristocracy his name changed depending on what he inherited: Viscount Clanmaurice and Earl of Kerry being two early monikers. It was du...
1 memorial
William Henry Williamson
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
Failure of the World Disarmament Conference
Wikipedia. War in History refers to the efforts to prohibit aerial bombing.
1 memorial
Dr H. Mansfield Robinson
Shoreditch Vestry Clerk (1891–1899) and Town Clerk (1900–1911) and … communicator with Martians. Our colleague Andrew Behan found Robinson’s other life: between 1918 and 1933 he claimed to be rece...
1 memorial