From their website: "The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation is a non-profit, volunteer organization. The purpose of the Society is to identify and recognize sites of American Jewish Historical interest. The Society sponsors and promotes programs of local and national historic interest. Cooperating with local Historical Societies, Communities, Churches and Synagogues, the Society encourages dialogue and interactive recognition of the commonality of the American Experience."
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Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
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Barnett Lewis
At 9 Brooke Road, lived Air Raid Warden Barnett Lewis GM (George Medal) Jewis...
Leopold Marks
Jewish cryptographer, Leopold (Leo) Samuel Marks, MBE, lived in flat 410 Park...
Operation Mincemeat
The Biblical quotation draws attention to the secrecy which was essential to ...
Rathbone Street WW2 fire station - Harry Errington
On the night of 17th September 1940 during The Blitz, a London Auxiliary Fire...
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Historic Croydon Airport Trust
From their website: The Historic Croydon Airport Trust was founded in 1978 as the Croydon Airport Society. It set out to conserve the history and heritage of London Croydon Airport, Britain’s first...
2 memorials
Russell Henderson
Musician. Born Russell Audley Ferdinand Henderson in Belmont, Trinidad. He came to Britain in 1951, and is widely recognised as one of the founding figures of the Notting Hill Carnival. His band ha...
1 memorial
Vernon Hall
It occupied the building that once was Bow Public Library. We can find find no further information about its function, nor who Vernon was.
2 memorials
George Bunting
From Orra: “George, an engineer by profession, was an easy-going, pipe smoking and puckish ‘mein host’. His auburn close-cropped hair and goatee made him instantly recognizable, and his infectious...
1 memorial
Friends of Telegraph Hill Park
Active in 2008 and, 2024, this might be their Facebook page Telegraph Hill Park Voice.
1 memorial
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Queen Elizabeth II
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on where she was brought up see Byron Statue. When she was 10 her father became King George VI (on the abdication of his brot...
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Carlton Mansions Housing Co-Operative
A long-running squat. News of evictions prompted some interviews with residents. In 2013 Brixton Blog reported: "Many are professional artists; others work in jobs ranging from retail to community ...
2 memorials
London Hop Trade
Hops were introduced to England from the Netherlands. They were grown principally in Kent and brought to London via the River Thames and later by rail to London Bridge. By the mid-nineteenth centur...
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William Greenwood
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
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