Erection date: 1906
Erected by The East End Dwellings Coy. Ltd., 1906
E2, Globe Road
We would not normally collect this type of inscription - many of the early housing projects carry similar notices. But they are normally tenement blocks; this development is a row of small houses, practically cottages. Such a good start, when did it all go wrong?
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
East End Dwellings Company
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