Event    From 30/4/1999  To 30/4/1999

Admiral Duncan pub bombing

Well known as a gay pub, the Admiral Duncan was the site chosen by Neo-Nazi David Copeland to detonate a nail bomb which killed three people and wounded 70.

Copeland, who was also responsible for the nail bomb attacks in Brixton (17 April) and Brick Lane (24 April), was sentenced to six concurrent life sentences in June 2000.

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Admiral Duncan pub bombing

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Admiral Duncan Memorial

Admiral Duncan Memorial

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Admiral Duncan nail bomb

The Admiral Duncan Pub 3 people killed, 70 injured, by a neo-nazi nail bomber...

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Brick Lane, Brixton and Soho bombs

The plaque was unveiled by John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Mark Healey...

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Edward Charles Grenfell

Edward Charles Grenfell

1st Baron St Just. At Harrow, West Acre House, 1884-8. Banker and politician. Governor of Harrow School 1922-41. Director of the Bank of England 1905-40.

Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
C.W.S.

C.W.S.

The Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) began in Manchester. It was a pioneer in improving working conditions for its employees. The name was changed to the Co-operative Group in 2001.

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Enfield Market

Enfield Market

From Wikipedia: "In 1303, Edward I granted a charter to Humphrey de Bohun, and his wife to hold a weekly market in Enfield each Monday, and James I granted another in 1617, to a charitable trust, f...

Place, Commerce

1 memorial
Thomas Earnshaw

Thomas Earnshaw

Born Ashton under Lyme, Lancashire. Maker of watches and chronometers. Lived and worked mainly in London and Greenwich. He seems to have been a bitter man with whom it was unpleasant to do business...

Person, Commerce, Science

1 memorial
Anglo-Texan Society

Anglo-Texan Society

Founded in London by author Graham Greene, its founding president.  The Handbook of Texas gives a good history of the Society.  Our thanks to Lori Grossman for providing information.

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, USA

1 memorial

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FCO - E unknown

FCO - E unknown

SW1, Horse Guards Road, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Foreign Office was completed in 1873 to the 1861 designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott, with Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt for the St James’s...

Faryner's shop

Faryner's shop

EC3, Monument Street

The Hooke plaque is the gray square laid into the pavement in front of the strange modern hut-like structure. The Faryner plaque is on t...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
People's Palace

People's Palace

Proposed by Walter Besant the first People's Palace was built on 5 acres of land on the Mile End Road, starting with the Queen's Hall, opened in 1887. By 1892 a library, swimming pool, gym and wint...

Building, Education, Sport / Games, Theatre

3 memorials
Bronze cherub

Bronze cherub

EN2, Silver Street

in 2013 this statue was discovered by maintenance workers in the grounds of what was at the time, the Oasis Academy Hadley in Bell Lane. ...

2 subjects commemorated
Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley

WC2, Denmark Street, 9

The plaque carries a QR code that provides smartphone users with audio and visual information on the area’s history, and pictures of the ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator