Group    From 1984  To 2015

Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners

Formed in 1984 by Mark Ashton and his friend Mike Jackson, this group was only wound down in 2015. The London group used the bookshop Gay's the Word as their HQ. The largest fund-raising event was the 1984 "Pits and Perverts" benefit concert, in the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town.

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Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners

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Mark Ashton

The crowd funded plaque was unveiled on 19 May 2017, Ashton's 57th birthday. ...

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Lady Mary Coke

Lady Mary Coke

Letter writer and noblewoman. Born Lady Mary Campbell at either Sudbrook, Surrey or 27 Bruton Street, London. After a strained courtship, she married Edward, Viscount Coke in 1747. He retaliated by...

Person, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Lilian Faithfull

Lilian Faithfull

English teacher, headmistress, women's rights advocate, magistrate, social worker and humanitarian. Born Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, she graduated with a first in English at Oxford University in 188...

Person, Education, Gender Issues, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Emmeline Pankhurst

Emmeline Pankhurst

Born Lancashire. Mother of Christabel, Sylvia, Henry (known as Frank, died aged 4), Adela and Henry (Harry). 1886 the family moved from Manchester to Hampstead Road, London, where she ran a fancy ...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous

8 memorials
Women's suffrage

Women's suffrage

Throughout history women have generally not been allowed to vote, with, by the 19th century, a few exceptions based on the woman's marital status or her property ownership, and then only in some el...

Event, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Charlotte Despard

Charlotte Despard

Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist. She was a founding member of the Women's Freedom League, Women's Peace Crusade, and the Irish Women's Franchise League...

Person, Gender Issues, Ireland, Scotland

2 memorials

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Brian Catling

Brian Catling

Poet, sculptor and performance artist.  Born London.

Person, Poetry, Sculpture, Theatre

1 memorial
Richard Healy

Richard Healy

Sculptor active c. 1989 - 2001 at least.

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Benjamin Hopkins

Benjamin Hopkins

Chamberlain of London from 1776 to 1779. The holder of the post of Chamberlain was originally responsible for the collection and distribution of revenues within the City of London. The birth date i...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas Neale MP

Thomas Neale MP

Entrepreneur, the organiser of England's first lottery. Known as 'The Great Projector' although the layout of the Seven Dials area is his only surviving London project. Neal Street and Neal's Yard...

Person, Architecture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
ORP Orkan

ORP Orkan

Former Destroyer in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).

Vehicle, Armed Forces, Poland

1 memorial