Site of "Gunmakers Arms" P.H.
Taken over in 1915 by Sylvia Pankhurst and her suffragettes for use as a day nursery when it was known as "The Mothers Arms".
Bow Heritage Trail
E2, Old Ford Road, Tait Court
We chickened out of deciding where to put the apostrophe in 'Mothers'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
The Mothers Arms
Former public house located at 438 Old Ford Road. Sylvia Pankhurst and her fe...
Born in Manchester as Estelle Sylvia, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. Traine...
A day nursery set up by Sylvia Pankhurst's suffragettes, giving mothers of wo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
The Mothers Arms
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
The cheerful quotation is from Proverbs 9:10 and also 1:7.
John Lawson Johnston, 1839 - 190, inventor of Bovril, owned and lived here at 'Bovril castle' Kingswood House. London Borough of Southwa...
Catherine Walters (Skittles), "The last Victorian Courtesan", lived here from 1872 until 1920.
The plaque is between the 2nd and 3rd floor windows on the greenish building wedged between the impressive Art Deco tower and the traditi...
British diplomat, civil servant and sinologist who served as British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China 1978 - 83, playing a significant role in the Sino-British negotiations which led u...
Their website: "Contributing to the Advancement of Healthcare & Education Around the World".
Colonel R. E. B. Crompton, 1845 - 1940, electrical engineer, lived and worked here, 1891 - 1939. English Heritage
Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a spe...
Pioneer plastic surgeon. Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Came to England as a student at Cambridge and qualified as a surgeon in 1910. The two world wars provided him with the inspiration (and the patie...
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