Event    From 1871  To 1872

Match tax abandoned

I871 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe, proposed a tax on matches. The Bryant and May workers, mainly girls, realised this threatened their jobs and marched in protest on the House of Commons on 24 April 1871. The tax was never imposed. Bryant and May, who must have, at the very least, sanctioned the workers absence during the march, erected a fountain to celebrate.

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Match tax abandoned

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Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - lost

This elaborate fountain was commissioned by Bryant and May to celebrate the a...

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Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - plaque

This plaque is a rarity: a memorial to a memorial! The site of the fountain ...

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Lois Janet Peltz

Lois Janet Peltz

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Person, Art, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
W. Burton Stewart

W. Burton Stewart

Vice Chairman of the Improvements Committee for the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Henry Shrubsole

Henry Shrubsole

Banker, draper and former mayor of Kingston upon Thames: 1877, 1878 and 1879. At an annual dinner given for the poor, he had just finished his speech and was in the act of presenting a small packet...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Gerry Ross

Gerry Ross

Mayor of Hackney 1991-2.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, GCB

Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Dorset.  Present on Nelson's ship at the Battle of Trafalgar.  This is the Hardy of "Kiss me, Hardy" fame.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1834 until his death.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial