Town Clerk. Endowed the City of London School in 1442. Our picture is of his statue high up on the wall of the City of London School's glassed ceiling atrium standing over the door to the balcony of the Great Hall.
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John Carpenter
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City of London School - EC4, Embankment
Wikipedia gives the architects as "Davis and Emanuel Pevsner". We believe the...
City of London School - EC4 - Q.Victoria St
The City of London School was endowed by John Carpenter, Town Clerk in 1442. ...
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Charles John Vaughan
Headmaster of Harrow School 1845 – 59. Born Leicester, son of a vicar. Educated Rugby and Cambridge, became a vicar and was then elected headmaster of Harrow. Resigned that post and went on to be: ...
1 memorial
Lady Jean Medawar
Wife of Sir Peter Medawar, the man in our picture, and thus known as Lady Medawar. Worked passionately in the promotion of family planning, especially for young girls. Chair of the Family Plannin...
1 memorial
Stephen Gardiner
Architect, teacher and writer. Born Chelsea. Awarded O.B.E. 2002. Died Pembury, Kent
1 memorial
Cecile Nobrega
Poet, writer, teacher, playwright. She was born as Cecile Elise Doreen Burgan on 1 June 1919 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). She Wrote music and poetry from an early age and In 1942 mar...
1 memorial
Margaret Walker
Acting school director. She worked with Joan Littlewood in the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, which inspired her to found the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex.
1 memorial
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Wembley Stadium
The first Wembley Stadium, originally known as the Empire Stadium, was opened 28 March 1923 by King George V, in time for the British Empire Exhibition of 1924. The architects were Sir John Simpson...
3 memorials
1 memorial
Lewisham train disaster
The colision actually happened at St John's station, one stop to the north-west) which is close to Lewisham. It was a very foggy night and an electric train was being held at a red signal. It was s...
1 memorial
Bloomsbury/Ridgmount Petrol Station
As one of the last local petrol stations in London, it was nominated for listing, but the proposal was turned down. Instead it was converted into a branch of the Byron Burger chain, which has since...
1 memorial
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