From the Irish Times: "In the grim 1950s, 40,000 people left Ireland every year to emigrate to Britain. They built the roads and repaired the bombed out buildings of post-war Britain. They staffed the hospitals, the factories and the railways of a booming country while the economy stagnated at Ireland. It is estimated that half of all Irish people born in the 1930s emigrated, the large majority to Britain."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Irish immigrants
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The Forgotten Irish
The Forgotten Irish In commemoration of that generation of post World War II ...
Other Subjects
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William Willett
Property developer. Born Farnham. Died at home in Chislehurst. Conceived the idea of Daylight Saving in 1905 and lobbied for it until his death. It was taken up by Parliament but failed to beco...
2 memorials
Katherine Anne Egerton Warburton
Mother Superior of St Saviour's Priory at the time that the community moved from East Grinstead onto the Dunloe Street site, in 1866. When she died in 1923 a memorial fund was created to help compl...
1 memorial
Penny Savings Bank
From Tottenham Quakers "In 1798 Priscilla Wakefield founded the first "frugality bank" in England. This she founded at Ship Inn Yard in Tottenham. It was intended to help people on lower incomes t...
1 memorial
Emma Cons
Social reformer and theatre manager. Born London. Knew and was influenced by Octavia Hill, John Ruskin and Henrietta Barnett. Her involvement in the temperance movement led to her taking on the lea...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Theatre
3 memorials
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Szmul Zygielbojm
Politician. Born in Borowica, Poland. He became involved in the Jewish labour movement (Bundism), and in 1917, represented Chełm at the first Bundist convention in Poland. He was invited to serve a...
1 memorial
Ellen Wilkinson
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...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Stephen Dykes Bower
Church architect. Born Gloucester. The official surveyor of the fabric for Westminster Abbey in 1961-73 and restored Martin-in-the-Fields after WW2. He has worked in parish churches and cathedra...
1 memorial
Kilburn Bridge
The ever-useful Underground Map gives "Kilburn Bridge once marked the spot where the Edgware Road crossed the River Westbourne. Kilburn Bridge, which was recorded in 1398 and thought to have been b...
1 memorial
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