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Paddington Recreation Ground

Noted as the earliest public athletic ground in London. It includes ten tennis courts, an athletics track, two artificial grass pitches, and two bowling greens.

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Paddington Recreation Ground

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Sir Bradley Wiggins - Paddington Rec

Sir Bradley Wiggins C.B.E. enjoyed the facilities at Paddington Recreation Gr...

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Richardson Evans

Richardson Evans

Civil servant, journalist and author. He served in the Indian Civil Service, for North-Western Provinces from 1867 to 1876, after which he worked in London as a journalist. From the 1880s onwards, ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Belgium, India

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London (Host) Lions Club
1 memorial
Sir Duncan Randolph Wilson, CVO, CBE.

Sir Duncan Randolph Wilson, CVO, CBE.

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Person, Community / Clubs, Friend / family, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Association of Waterloo Groups

Association of Waterloo Groups

Organisation facilitating communication and joint action between community groups.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Bermondsey Settlement

Bermondsey Settlement

The Settlement Movement began in England and the U.S.A in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s. Its aim was to get the rich and poor in society to live more closely together in an interdependent c...

Building, Community / Clubs, Social Welfare

1 memorial

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Newham Council

Newham Council

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Group, Politics & Administration

11 memorials
Sanctuary Housing Association

Sanctuary Housing Association

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Group, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial
India Place

India Place

Formerly Montreal Place, this street was renamed India Place on Republic Day, 26 January 1996.

Place, Other, India

1 memorial
Anglo-Chinese friendship

Anglo-Chinese friendship

13 March 1972: diplomatic relations were established between the UK and the People's Republic of China. Since then, with the economic rise of China, the UK has tried to maintain good relations, a t...

Concept, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial