Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Waltham Forest Council
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Alliott Verdon Roe - E17 (1)
There is another identical plaque (not photgraphed) on the other side of the ...
Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio
The Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio, 1914 - 1921. On this site stood one of th...
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn the British singer, songwriter, producer and composer, best know...
Dave Shepherd
Dave Shepherd, Britain's acclaimed jazz clarinettist and bandleader, was born...
David Bailey
{Beneath the Waltham Forest logo:} David Bailey, CBE, born January 1938. The...
Other Subjects
J. J. Clark
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
1 memorial
Earl Waldegrave
Politician. President of the Committee for the erection of the Florence Nightingale Hospital in 1909.
1 memorial
Ruy Barbosa
Born Ruy Barbosa D'Oliveira in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. A defender of civil liberties, he fought for the abolition of slavery in Brazil. He fled to London after being accused of being a conspirat...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Brazil
1 memorial
Giles Vernon Hart
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
4 memorials
Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais
Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
BBC Television Centre - Eric Morecambe
W12, Wood Lane, BBC Television Centre - Star Terrace
The plaque on the brick wall in the picture reads: The BBC Star Terrace, "Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love" Sylvie Dee. De...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Percy Lane Oliver
Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service. Born in Fish Street, St Ives, Cornwall. In 1921, he helped found the Camberwell division of the British Red Cross Society, and conceived the idea...
1 memorial
Clementia Taylor
Women's activist. Born Clementia Doughty at Brockdish, Norfolk. She married Peter Alfred Taylor in 1842, and they became involved with many social and political movements, particularly anti-slavery...
1 memorial
President Lincoln bust
EC3, Royal Exchange Buildings, Royal Exchange
Easily missed, this bust was brought to our attention by IanVisits. It's at the eastern entrance to the building.
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Petticoat Lane Market
By 1608 this street was known as Peticote Lane for the second-hand clothes, etc. which were bought and sold here, right on the boundary with the City. In about 1830 the street name was changed to M...
1 memorial