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Josephine Trotman

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Josephine Trotman

One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

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Josephine Trotman

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Princess Royal Nurses Home

According to Time Magazine at the time this foundation stone was laid, summer...

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Children's Society

Children's Society

Founded by Edward Rudolf as the Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays.  In 1946 the name was changed to the Church of England Children's Society.  The first hom...

Group, Children, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Mr Benn

Mr Benn

Character created by David McKee in the 1967 book Mr Benn - Red Knight. Dressed in black suit and bowler hat he sets out from his house each day to visit a fancy-dress shop where he tries on an out...

Fiction, Children, Fictional

1 memorial
Central Foundation Girls School

Central Foundation Girls School

Moved from Spital Square in 1975 to the building in Bow Road.  Spitalfields Life reports on a 2013 school reunion at the old building, which is now Galvin Restaurant - old photos and reminiscences.

Group, Children, Education

1 memorial
Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE, DL

Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE, DL

Trinidadian-British actress, singer, presenter, author and politician. Known as presenter of children's programmes such as Play School, Play Away, Jamboree and Fast Forward. On 28 June 2010, Lady B...

Person, Children, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, TV & Radio, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Joe Cahill

Joe Cahill

Devoted many years of his life to working with young people at Coram's Fields. Died before Spring 1993.

Person, Children

1 memorial

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Royal Free Hospital - Mendelsohn

Royal Free Hospital - Mendelsohn

NW3, Rowland Hill Street, Heath Strange Garden

This strangely monikered garden was named for Dr William Heath Strange who, in 1882, founded the Hampstead General Hospital that went on ...

1 subject commemorated
King George IV

King George IV

Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzherbert, he then officially married Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Built the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. A statue of him ...

Person, Race Issues, Royalty, Seriously Famous

17 memorials
E. Horney

E. Horney

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
National Provident - north

National Provident - north

EC3, Gracechurch Street, 48 - 51

The foundation stone to which this plaque refers reads "National Provident Institution for Mutual Life Assurance. This stone was laid on ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Gunner A. W. Carr
War dead, WW1
1 memorial