Place    From 1949  To 1990

West Berlin

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Germany

A political exclave within the German Democratic Republic. Although politically affiliated with West Germany it was administered by American, British and French occupying forces. It was completely separated when the East Germans built the Berlin Wall in 1961. Following the collapse of Communism in the Eastern Bloc in 1989, the wall was destroyed. Berlin became the capital of the re-unified East and West Germany in 1990.

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West Berlin

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West Berlin street lamp - current plaque

Hammersmith & Fulham has been twinned with Neukolln (a borough of West Be...

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Alfred Mond, Baron Melchett

Alfred Mond, Baron Melchett

Born in Lancashire, where his father Ludwig had a factory.  Studied law and then entered his father's business as director.  Liberal and then Conservative MP 1906-28. In 1926 he achieved the merger...

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1 memorial
William Bell

William Bell

Chairman of the GLC Historic Building Committee, 1977 - 1981. British Universities Film and Video Council have an 1979 audio file: "Interview with William Bell, Chairman of the Historic Building C...

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1 memorial
Robert H. Pearson

Robert H. Pearson

Co-churchwarden of Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, June 1879.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Dartford Borough Council

Dartford Borough Council

Formed by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Dartford, Swanscombe Urban District and part of Dartford Rural District.

Group, Politics & Administration

5 memorials
Hilary Weston

Hilary Weston

Born and raised in Dublin as Hilary Mary Frayne. Married Galen Weston in 1966. They moved to Toronto in 1974, and HW became a Canadian citizen. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario  1997 - 2002.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Canada, Ireland

1 memorial

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Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

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