Started in the early 1970s as Wapping Parents Action Group. Transformed into a history group in the early 1980s. More info at What's in Wapping.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
History of Wapping Trust
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Captain Bligh - Wapping
William Bligh R.N., F.R.S., who transplanted breadfruit from Tahiti to the We...
Poplar & Stepney Rifles
Poplar & Stepney Rifles Site of the Drill Hall (1860 - 1907) of 26th Midd...
Other Subjects
Oxford and St George’s Club / St George’s Settlement
From University of Southampton: "Based in a disused hostel on 125 Cannon Street Road, the Oxford and St George’s Club began in 1914 with a membership of 25 boys. The Club got its name from Basil’s ...
2 memorials
Eltham Society
A society with the aims of preserving the past, conserving the present, and protecting the future.
1 memorial
Kensington & Chelsea TMO
Tenant management organisation for the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Gerald Forsythe
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. Gerald Forsythe OBE was the first tutor and manufacturer of pan in Britain. He made the Mangrove Steel Band’s first set of pans. He started steel ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Education, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
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Sir Thomas Lawrence
WC1, Southampton Row, Imperial Hotel
On this site there used to be a sister to Hotel Russell, also designed by Fitzroy Doll and erected in 1898. It was demolished in the 196...
1 subject commemorated
Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE DMus
Lord Mayor in 1981-2. Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994. A guest on Desert Island Discs in 1982 - at the picture source you can listen to his choices.
2 memorials
PP - 4B - Kennedy
EC1, Edward Street
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Westminster Abbey A - Maximilian Kolbe
SW1, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey - west porch
Fourteen niches on the West Front remained empty since the Abbey was built until 1998 when they were filled. The lower four are filled wi...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
Meetal Patel
SE1, London Road, 14
Erected between May 2019 when Google Streetview does not show it and our visit (Sept 2020). Note the look-alike English Heritage logo - ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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