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Local people (King's Cross)

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Local people fought and won against office development and created The Calthorpe Project, community gardens, play space and under fives' area.

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Local people (King's Cross)

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Calthorpe Community Gardens

The Calthorpe Project was opened by the Worshipful the Mayor of Camden, King...

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Woodford Green Men's Club

Woodford Green Men's Club

Either the club or its Harrier section was established in 1904.  Its origins are back in the 1880s when it was part of the sports section of the Woodford Green Working Mens' Institute.  More inform...

Group, Community / Clubs, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Tokyo Sherlock Holmes Society

Tokyo Sherlock Holmes Society

Active in 1953. Initiated by Richard Hughes and also known as the Baritsu Chapter.

Group, Community / Clubs, Literature, Japan

1 memorial
Angle-kin Society

Angle-kin Society

The only reference we could find to this society was on the website of the National Churchill Museum which has some documents in its 'Environics Collection' which is about how St Mary the Virgin Al...

Group, Community / Clubs, USA

1 memorial
Anglo-Canadian friendship

Anglo-Canadian friendship

The plaque actually commemorated just the friendship between the people of Ottawa and the people of Holborn but this seemed a bit narrow so we have broadened the scope of the rapport.

Concept, Community / Clubs, Canada

1 memorial
Garraways Coffee House

Garraways Coffee House

Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far as we can tell, at the Change Alley site, where he moved his coffee house after the Great Fire of 1666, replacing another...

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

2 memorials

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the 23rd, the same date as his death, but all that is actually known is that he was baptised 3 days later, on the 26th. Even...

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre

47 memorials
John Wesley Seale

John Wesley Seale

Sculptor. Born Wiltshire. His son, J. H. G. and his grandsons, J. H. and A. B., all became sculptors. John Wesley died at home, Swiss Cottage, Jardin Street, Albany Road, Camberwell.

Person, Sculpture

19 memorials
Joyce Grenfell

Joyce Grenfell

Born Joyce Phipps in Montpelier Square, London. Her mother was sister to Nancy Astor, MP, so she was "well brought up". Aged 19 she married Reggie, her husband until her death. The picture is a se...

Person, Cinema, Humour, Theatre

2 memorials
Brent Council

Brent Council

London Borough. Formed from the Municipal Boroughs of Wembley and Willesden of Middlesex. Its name derives from the River Brent which runs through the borough.

Group, Politics & Administration

10 memorials