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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 Committee on the Greater London Council, on listing London’s newer buildings to save them for future generations. Buildings include London Zoo aviary, and the Post Office Tower. He goes on to talk about changes on post-war architecture in London. Male interviewer not identified."

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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William Bell

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Covent Garden Restoration

One thinks of people named on plaques as "Chairman" of this, that or the othe...

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Welbore St. Clair Baddeley

Welbore St. Clair Baddeley

Welbore St. Clair Baddeley was born on 30 September 1856 in St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex, the sixth of the seven children of Lieutenant Colonel John Fraser Loddington Baddeley, RA, (1825-1862) and...

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Ragged School Museum

Ragged School Museum

In 1877 a ragged school was set up by Dr Barnardo at 46-50 Copperfield Road, E3, in a group of three canal-side warehouses. The school closed  in 1908 when there were enough schools in the area run...

Group, Education, History, Philanthropy

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Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay

Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay

Historian, essayist, poet.  Born Leicestershire but brought up in the Clapham home.  Spent four years (1834 - 8) as an administrator in India, during which he showed little interest in Indian cultu...

Person, History, Poetry, Politics & Administration, India

4 memorials
Peter Arnold

Peter Arnold

Tenuously connected to Benedict Arnold.  From NBC: "An amateur historian, Arnold thoroughly researched his family lineage and discovered a link to the general - although his own branch of the Arnol...

Person, History

1 memorial
Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Chairman of the Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign.  Spent 3 years and millions of dollars to get the Keith Park statue erected.  In 2011 this earned him, a Brit, the title normally given to a NZ cit...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce, History, New Zealand

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