Erection date: 28/11/1987
28th November 1987
The Worshipful The Mayor, Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Russell, planted the first replacement tree, a Ginkgo Biloba (Maidenhair Tree) in the Royal Borough's Open Spaces after the Great Storm of 16th October 1987. Three hundred and twenty trees were lost from these areas in one night of devastation.
W8, Holland Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Storm - Holland Park
In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Storm - Holland Park
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...
This rose garden was planted in 1947, just 5 years after the massacre. There is possibly also another plaque (that we missed) commemorati...
In loving memory of Mary Louise Dagless, 1951 - 1993.
We deliberately captured the mega lawnmower in our photo. The driver had just clipped the grass all over this area, carefully avoiding t...
We've transcribed this inscription correctly and, being the pedants that we are, we have to query the position of the apostrophe. This is...
2013: We are grateful to Sue Sinton Smith for this update: This tree is a memorial to two people. Jake Slee was the original drummer w...
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