Group    From 1981  To 1997

London Docklands Development Corporation

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London Docklands Development Corporation

We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey Docks area, and maybe others elsewhere. We tried Google's image search and the results made us laugh; being an array of cute white animals: puppies, cows, cats, ponies, dinosaurs ....

A quango agency set up by the U.K. Government to regenerate the depressed docklands area of east London. It helped to create Canary Wharf, Surrey Quays shopping centre, London City Airport, the Excel Exhibition Centre and the Docklands Light Railway. It was formally wound up in 1997, under a process called "dedesignation" and its powers reverted to the London Boroughs.

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London Docklands Development Corporation

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Brunel's Engine House

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Charles Hay and Son

{Beneath the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:} 135 Rotherhithe ...

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Hydraulic lock gate engine

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Lucinda Dickens Hawksley

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley

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John Humffreys Parry

John Humffreys Parry

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Person, History, Journalism / Publishing, Tragedy, Wales

1 memorial
Crayford Manor House Historical Society

Crayford Manor House Historical Society

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Group, History

1 memorial
Talbot dog

Talbot dog

Extinct white hunting dog.  Now mainly seen in heraldry.

Animal, Animals, History

1 memorial
British Plaque Trust

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1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Lawrence Emlyn Douglas Bevan

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1 memorial
Alice Drakoules

Alice Drakoules

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Person, Animals, Belgium

1 memorial