Group    From 13/3/1931  To 1951

League of coloured peoples

Founded by Doctor Harold Moody. A civil-rights organisation with the aim of racial equality around the world. Although its primary purpose was black rights in Britain, it was also involved in other issues, such as the persecution of the Jews in Germany.

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League of coloured peoples

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Doctor Harold Moody - WC1

Harold Arundel Moody, 1882 - 1947, Jamaican doctor, humanitarian and British ...

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John Donovan

John Donovan

Founder of Friern Barnet & District Local History Society. Lived in Friern Barnet between 1966 and 1995.

Person, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Sun Public House

Sun Public House

This pub was destroyed in a WW2 air raid shortly before closing time on 25th September 1940. The plaque says that 20 people were killed; Pubwiki puts the number at 16. The site stood empty for many...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Epsom and Ewell famous people

Epsom and Ewell famous people

We have found another plaque in the same style erected under the name of 1937 - 1987 golden jubilee.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Rawthmell's Coffee House

Rawthmell's Coffee House

Braxton's Coffee House (1702) at no.24 Henrietta Street became Rawthmell's Coffee House in 1715 and later moved to no.25, where the (R)SA first met. The image shows the painting by Anna Katrina Zi...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Elgar Plaque Fund

Elgar Plaque Fund

We cannot find any information about this group, so presumably it is now defunct.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Hotel Russell - Queen Anne

Hotel Russell - Queen Anne

WC1, Russell Square, 1-8

This ornate extravaganza, designed by the splendidly named Fitzroy Doll, was built in 1898. Ornamental Passions has a good post about the...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Maria Dickin

Maria Dickin

Social reformer and animal welfare pioneer. Born at 1 Farrington Terrace (Now 41 Cassland Road), Hackney. She saw the plight of sick animals and owners who could not afford veterinary fees, whilst ...

Person, Animals, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Westminster School - old boys - 1 - Elizabeth I

Westminster School - old boys - 1 - Elizabeth I

SW1, Broad Sanctuary

From Westminster's Conservation Audit: This Listed grade II monument was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It is in a high Victorian ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials