A society founded with the aim of improving the quality of life in Clapham and to strengthen its identity and sense of community.
Initiated a Green Plaque Scheme in 2011 to commemorate interesting buildings in Clapham.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
The Clapham Society
Clapham Common deep shelter. Built 1942. Troop hostel & government use ar...
The Lodge, built 1868. Clapham fire station 1868 - 1902. The Clapham Society
Odeon Cinema, 1938 - 1972, refurbished 1999 as foyer apartments. The Clapham ...
Eagle House built 1773. The surviving south wing refurbished 2008. The Clapha...
Oddfellows Hall, Pride of Clapham Lodge, built 1852. Baptist Chapel 1852 - 19...
A local group dedicated to the economic, environmental and social regeneration of the area.
Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, Social Welfare
From the website: "We promote the music of Benjamin Britten and his work with singer Peter Pears, and are based at the home they shared, The Red House in Aldeburgh." Britten and Pears lived here f...
Formed as a result of the last Goon Show. Patron: Prince Charles.
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...
A society that aims to be a voice for Sydenham, and to make it a better place to live and work.
Geologist, educationalist, economist, statesman. Expert on the geography of the Alps. Born 4 Duncan Terrace, of German parentage, grew up in Prague and Vienna. Died in Vienna.
Person, Economist, Education, Politics & Administration, Science, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland
This may not be our Swaab but, from Google books and TIB, we see that in 1864 Trubner published a 56 page book by S. L. Swaab entitled 'Fibrous Substances, indigenous and exotic : Their nature, var...
On their excellent page about Blackwell Hastings Women's History have a paragraph about two Hastings plaques for Blackwell, one still on ...
British secret agent in WW2. Born in Paris as Violette Bushell of a French mother and English father who met in WW1. With 4 brothers she was a bit of a tomboy. From Violette Szabo Museum "The Bushe...
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