Group   

People for Portland Road

Categories: Community / Clubs, History

Group which works for the regeneration of Portland Road and its surrounding area in Norwood, South London. It aims to achieve improvements for the benefit of the community.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
People for Portland Road

Creations i

Ellen Wright

Ellen E (Ciss) Wright of Croydon Harriers became All England 440 yards Champi...

Read More

Jolly Sailor Inn

Site of the Jolly Sailor Inn, South Norwood's first public building, 1810. Pe...

Read More

Norwood Junction subway - Clifford Road

Conceived by borough engineer George Carter and constructed by Robert McAlpin...

Read More

Norwood Junction subway - Station Road

Conceived by borough engineer George Carter and constructed by Robert McAlpin...

Read More

Other Subjects

Croydon Council

Croydon Council

We think the "Croydon's Heritage" plaques must be erected by a section of Croydon Council. Certainly the Picture source website refers to the heritage plaques.

Group, Community / Clubs

6 memorials
James Henry Skipsey

James Henry Skipsey

James Henry Skipsey is the 1st on the right of the seven boys sitting in the photograph of the scout troop. He was born on 15 February 1900 in Walworth, the eldest of the thirteen children of Jame...

Person, Children, Community / Clubs, Tragedy

2 memorials
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
Wolf Club

Wolf Club

Used to meet at The Coal Hole in the Strand. In about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading founder member.  Qualification for membership: being forbidden by your wife to sing in the bath.  So the club ch...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
The Keskidee

The Keskidee

Britain's first black arts and cultural centre. Named for a Caribbean singing bird (which seems to sing Qu'est-ce qu'-il dit?), it was founded by Oscar Abrams (1937-96). It had a library, gallery, ...

Place, Community / Clubs

1 memorial