Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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William Thornburgh Brown, Deputy
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Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
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Pensions campaign
From British History On-line “…. the campaign which culminated in the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908 was begun at a conference held there {Browning Hall - see Robert Browning Settlement} by Charles ...
1 memorial
Michael Gove
Politician. Born in Edinburgh. He entered parliament in 2005, and in 2010 after the formation of the coalition government, was appointed Secretary of State for Education. He was criticised by the c...
1 memorial
A. A. Allen
Arthur Acland Allen was born on 11 August 1868 the youngest of the five children of Peter Allen (1815-1892) and Sophia Russell Allen née Taylor (1826-1868), in Prestwich, Lancashire. His mother die...
2 memorials
Copenhagen House & Fields
Copenhagen House was a famous tavern & tea-garden which stood in what is now Copenhagen Park, N7, from early 17th century until 1855. The name either comes from the King of Denmark who stayed i...
Place, Architecture, Commerce, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration, Denmark
3 memorials
Sir Rowland Hill
Initiator of the uniform Penny Post in 1840. Due to him Britain was the first country to use adhesive stamps and thus we do not have to put the name of our country on them. This is analogous to the...
6 memorials
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E. J. Harwood
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.
1 memorial
Overseas League
The Royal Over-Seas League was founded in 1910 by Sir Evelyn Wrench to foster international understanding and friendship.
1 memorial
Ronald Searle
Artist and cartoonist. Born Cambridge and studied art. In WW2 at the start of 1942 he was in the Royal Engineers in Singapore which fell to the Japanese and he was taken prisoner and spent the rest...
1 memorial
Royal Mail
Before the 2012 Olympics started the Royal Mail committed to turn a red post box gold for each British Gold medal, Olympic and Paralympic. In the event this meant that over 100 boxes turned colour...
14 memorials
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