Group    From 4/2/2011 

Polish Heritage Society

Categories: Community / Clubs, History

Countries: Poland

Exists to remember, record and propagate among the wider British public the contribution of Poles to our shared, common cultural and historical heritage within the United Kingdom.

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Polish Heritage Society

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Chopin statue

The statue is said to contain an urn with earth from Chopin's birthplace in P...

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Polish Navy WW2 Headquarters

{Beneath the insignia of the Polish Navy:} This building housed the headquart...

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Sir Joseph Rotblat

Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS (1908 - 2005) one of Poland's finest sons,...

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Stanisław Sosabowski

{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish undergro...

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Other Subjects

Anderton's Hotel

Anderton's Hotel

In the fifteenth century this was the Horn tavern. In the early seventeenth century the hotel was popular with the legal community. A new building was erected in 1880, probably the one in this phot...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Rainbow Corner

Rainbow Corner

Club for the American forces in the UK during WW2. Also known as the American Red Cross Club. This is where those "oversexed, overpaid and over here" GIs hung out. From British History online: The...

Building, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
St George's Mission and St Peter's church, Wapping

St George's Mission and St Peter's church, Wapping

1856 Reverend Charles Fuge Lowder commenced work on the mission in Wapping (named for their church St George's-in-the-East). Initially it was met with hostility, but in time it came to play an impo...

Place, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
Imperial Hotel, Russell Square

Imperial Hotel, Russell Square

Designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll.  The picture was taken in 1913 after the completion of the extension, which is the section on the left, to the north (2017: we now think the 'extension' was into t...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

22 memorials
Vernon Hall

Vernon Hall

It occupied the building that once was Bow Public Library. We can find find no further information about its function, nor who Vernon was.

Building, Community / Clubs

2 memorials