Irish political, community and gay rights activist. Born Oldham but grew up in Northern Ireland. With his friend Mike Jackson he formed and raised funds for the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners support group at the 1984 Lesbian and Gay Pride march. Died with HIV at Guy's Hospital.
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Mark Ashton
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Mark Ashton
The crowd funded plaque was unveiled on 19 May 2017, Ashton's 57th birthday. ...
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Kensington & Chelsea TMO
The tenants and leaseholders of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea manage their own homes, 9,760 properties, through this Tenant Management Organisation.
1 memorial
Gustavus Loehr
Mining engineer and co-founder of Rotary International. Born in Carlinville, Illinois. He moved to Chicago, where he met Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele and Hiram Shorey, and on the 23rd February 19...
1 memorial
Vic-Wells Association
Organisation to support Sadler's Wells & the Old Vic. From their website: "The Vic-Wells Association was founded between 1922-1923 by Lilian Baylis. The Association's objective at that time wa...
1 memorial
Dickens Fellowship
A worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens, based at the Charles Dickens Museum since 1925.
3 memorials
Pubs in Time
A scheme developed by The Campaign for Real Ale for erecting plaques on public houses that have featured in significant events in history.
2 memorials
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Greenwich Council
The London Borough of Greenwich was formed by the amalgamation of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and part of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to the east. It became a 'Royal' Borough on ...
9 memorials
Howard Staunton
British World Chess Champion. Promoted the use of standardised chess pieces, the ones still in use today. Saw the international nature of the 1851 Great Exhibition as an opportunity and organised t...
1 memorial
First gay rights demonstration
The first gay rights demonstration in Britain took place in Highbury Fields when about 150 members of the Gay Liberation Front held a torchlight rally against police harassment. Louis Eakes of the ...
1 memorial
Lieutenant Arthur James Austen-Cartmell
Arthur James Austen-Cartmell was born on 24 April 1893, the eldest of the three children of James Austen Cartmell (1862-1921) and Mary Affleck Cartmell née Peacock (1860-1906). Civil Registration B...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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