Mayor of Hackney 2002 - 16. In Hackney the Mayor is directly elected and is responsible for the executive function of the Council. unlike in many other Councils where it is a mainly ceremonial role. Pipe resigned that job to take up his role as Deputy Mayor of London.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Jules Pipe
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Hackney Town Hall restoration
This stone commemorates the completion of the restoration of Hackney Town Hal...
Other Subjects
Lucy Parsons
Labour organizer, anarchist communist. Born Texas or Virginia, as Lucy Eldine Gonzalez, possibly to slaves and had a mixed ancestry. Married Albert Parsons, a white socialist and this interracial m...
1 memorial
James "Bronterre" O'Brien
Democrat & chartist. Born County Longford, Ireland. Bronterre was initially a pseudonym but he later adopted it as his middle name. A child prodigy, he fell short of his early promise and died ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Ireland
1 memorial
Jim Jones
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
1 memorial
William Smith
Born Clapham. Lived at Eagle House on Clapham Common. M.P. Pioneer of religious liberty. Early advocate for the abolition of the slave trade. Grandfather of Florence Nightingale. Died at 5 Blan...
1 memorial
Alec E. Glassey
Politician. Born Yorkshire as Alec Ewart Glassey. Wikipedia explains: "Glassey was an important figure in the Congregational Church. He was Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wale...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Norwood Grove bird bath - rim
SW16, Norwood Grove, garden
The initial 'In' has been lost but we think it must have been there.
1 subject commemorated
Brunel's Engine House
SE16, Railway Avenue, Brunel Engine Museum
Brunel's engine house The tunnel shaft and pumping house for Marc Brunel's tunnel was constructed between 1825 and 1843. This was the fir...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
John Lyall
Footballer and football manager. Born John Angus Lyall in Ilford, Essex. He joined West Ham United as a groundstaff boy in 1955, played for the youth team and was promoted to the main squad in 1959...
1 memorial