From the Trust's website: "Our purpose is to study and celebrate the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley in particular, and the works and achievements of the London & North Eastern Railway in general."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Gresley Society Trust
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Nigel Gresley statue
Our photo shows the statue shortly after unveiling, with only a temporary not...
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Albergo del Pellegrino
This building was used as a hotel, 'The Pilgrim' until about 1930. It was demolished following WW2 bomb damage. The photo shows the east side and Byron's window was on the first floor, fourth fro...
1 memorial
Southgate District Civic Trust / Southgate Civic Trust / Southgate Voice
Founded in response to the threat to demolish the Georgian cottages on Southgate Green. In 1993 its name was changed to Southgate District Civic Trust, in order to reflect the wider area of its int...
4 memorials
Stephen and Matilda Tenants' Co-operative
The first local authority estate under tenants' control in Britain. Became a limited company on 30 September 1982. Waymarking gives the interesting history of this organisation.
1 memorial
Janet Johnson
Welfare worker. All we can find out about her is contained in her plaque in Redcross Street where she lived. She was the manager of the Central London School for Orphans and Destitute Children at H...
1 memorial
Creekmouth Village
Built in the 1850s by John Bennet Lawes to house the workers in his chemicals factory. Its foundations were unstable, and on the night of 31st January 1953, the village was swamped by the floods wh...
2 memorials
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Sir Thomas Bazley
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. First baronet. Manufacturer in cotton spinning industry and politician. Born Gilnow, hear Bolton, Lancashire. Died at his summer home, Riv...
1 memorial
Anti-fascists in Bermondsey
One day before the anniversary of the Cable Street battle Mosley's Fascists, now banned from the East End and prevented from wearing uniforms, attempted to march through Bermondsey. 20,000 people ...
1 memorial
Sir Christopher Wren
Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London. Designer of 54 London churches, of which 13 were destroyed in the Blitz. Part of one of his churches, St Antholin, has ended up in an unexpected location...
38 memorials
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