Group    From 1986 

Plastics Historical Society

Categories: Community / Clubs, History

Group

First to draw attention to the heritage of the plastics industry and to celebrate all things plastic.

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Plastics Historical Society

Creations i

Thomas Hancock

From the Scott Bader website: "Marble, granite or stone can be produced using...

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Young Men's Christian Association

Young Men's Christian Association

The original object was "to promote the spiritual and mental improvement of young men engaged in the drapery trade."

Group, Community / Clubs, Religion

4 memorials
Russell Henderson

Russell Henderson

Musician. Born Russell Audley Ferdinand Henderson in Belmont, Trinidad. He came to Britain in 1951, and is most widely recognised as one of the founding figures of the Notting Hill Carnival. Video...

Person, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Pioneer Health Centre

Pioneer Health Centre

Founded by doctors George Scott Williamson and Innes Pearse as an integral part of  the 'Peckham Experiment', the area being chosen because of its deprivation. Nine hundred and fifty local families...

Building, Community / Clubs, Education

1 memorial
Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, inter-generational mosaic art work. The studio aims to draw on the historic roots of local neighbourhoods traversed by Sh...

Group, Art, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design

26 memorials
Empire Memorial Sailors' Hospital

Empire Memorial Sailors' Hospital

Built following an appeal (largely organised by women) throughout the British Empire. It provided 205 single cabins for homeless merchant seamen in London, and by 1929 had accommodated over a milli...

Building, Community / Clubs

1 memorial