Group    From 1970 

Islington Boat Club

Categories: Children, Sport / Games

The club has provided safe boating for thousands of youngsters on City Road Basin.

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Islington Boat Club

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Islington Boat Club

In gratitude to Crystal Hale, tireless campaigner & founder of The Isling...

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Dr Burnhart Gloss

Dr Burnhart Gloss

From Walking Through London's History: "... included Dr Burnhart Gloss, originally from Australia, and now a resident working as a professional clown."

Person, Children, Humour, Theatre, Australia

1 memorial
Dr Arthur Farre

Dr Arthur Farre

Eminent obstetrician and physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria.  Born Charterhouse Square.  As a friend of Baron Rothschild and obstetrician to his wife, helped him set up the Evelina Children'...

Person, Children, Gender Issues, Medicine

1 memorial
F. C. Murton

F. C. Murton

Young enough to be a 'Master' in 1883, so probably under about 15. Associated with the Wesleyan Schools, Leswin Road, 1883, a pupil, we'd guess.

Person, Children

1 memorial
East London Toy Factory

East London Toy Factory

Opened by Sylvia Pankhurst as an answer to the dozens of tiny failing workshops where women were paid a pittance. Toys were no longer being imported from Germany, so the factory employed 59 women t...

Building, Children, Commerce, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Upper North Street school WW1 bomb

Upper North Street school WW1 bomb

This bomb was one of those dropped during the first daylight bombing attack on London by a fixed-wing aircraft. Prior to this the bombs had been dropped from Zeppelins. Just before noon the bomb br...

Event, Children, Tragedy

5 memorials

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John Compton

John Compton

Organ builder. Born in Newton Burgoland, Leicestershire. He set up business in Nottingham and moved to London, eventually establishing a factory in North Acton. Many Compton organs were installed i...

Person, Engineering, Music / songs

1 memorial
G. C. Gosling

G. C. Gosling

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Gurkha soldier

Gurkha soldier

SW1, Horse Guards Avenue

Unveiled by the Queen. Modelled by Jackson on the 1929 statue by Goulden in the Foreign Office.

War dead | WW1
23 subjects commemorated, 4 creators
William J. Daborn

William J. Daborn

Buffs (E. Kent)

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Julia Minet

Julia Minet

Donor of a mosaic to the Red Cross Garden. She belonged to a public-spirited family of landlords, who funded a library, church and park (Myatt's Fields) for their own tenants in the Camberwell area...

Person, Philanthropy

1 memorial