Person    | Male  Born 29/8/1920  Died 1/9/2000

Harvey Hinds

Harvey Hinds

Harvey William Hinds, politician, clergyman and youth campaigner. Labour Southwark Councillor. Champion of Burgess Park and education, leisure and recreation. Elected to the Greater London Council in 1967. Later he was Chief Whip for Ken Livingstone.

The Guardian obit. includes: "His insistence that local children should have local facilities led to the creation of the massive Burgess Park in Walworth, which he was asked to open in 1982."

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Harvey Hinds

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Harvey Hinds

In memory of Councillor Harvey Hinds, champion of Burgess Park and education,...

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Kate Greenaway

Kate Greenaway

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3 memorials
North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers

North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers

Founded by Florence Keen.  1983 renamed 'Manor Gardens Centre'.

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2 memorials
Benjamin Waugh

Benjamin Waugh

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4 memorials
Pollock's toy theatre shop

Pollock's toy theatre shop

This was started by John Redington, selling printed sheets of characters and scenery for toy theatres. He ran it until his death when his family took over. 1877 his daughter Eliza married Benjamin ...

Building, Children, Commerce, Theatre

1 memorial
Effie Bourne Taylour

Effie Bourne Taylour

One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

Person, Children

1 memorial