1957

Sir Henry Buckland

General manager of Crystal Palace 1914-49. Henry James Buckland was born in Maidstone. Lived at Rockhills, 1922-56. Knighted in 1931. Died Bromley, Kent.

The Palace burnt down in 1936 and Buckland was involved in plans to build a new exhibition, arts and sports centre, which ultimately came to very little. Buckland resigned as General Manager on 11 January 1949.

The picture is captioned: "Sir Henry Buckland ... helps workmen to pull down the last of the ironwork in the central transept after a controlled explosion, 15th July 1937." Looks like fun.

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Sir Henry Buckland

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Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy

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Colonel Algernon Sidney

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Sir (Charles) Vyner Brooke

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Henry Lewis Raphael & sons Walter & Herbert

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Simon Mabey

Lord Mayor of Westminster in 1989-90.

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Hitchcock mosaics 15 - Vertigo, 1958

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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

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Person, Art, Spain

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Adam James Meere

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John W. Hendry

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War dead, WW1

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