This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
ASLEF (rail union)
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Railway deaths
In memory of the travelling public and Railway Workers, who lost their lives ...
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Margaret Mellor
As a Waterloo resident Margaret worked from about 1972 on community planning in Waterloo. Her main aims have been to increase social housing for families and green open space for everyone. She co...
Werner Robert Valentin Picht
German sociologist. An early historian of English settlements. Published 'Toynbee Hall and the English Settlement Movement' in 1913. Werner Robert Valentin Picht was born on 28 September 1887 in B...
John Howard
Prison reformer. Born Hackney. Travelled throughout the UK and then further afield investigating the state of welfare in prisons and doing what he could to improve it. Died in Kherson in the Ukrain...
Jim Veal
Chairman of the Tenants & Residents Association which campaigned for the redevelopment of the Caledonian Market Estate and the creation (from 2005) of new homes for the local community.
Cleveland Street Workhouse
Created with an Act of Parliament in 1775, initially for the parish of St Paul in Covent Garden, this is the most intact example of an 18th century workhouse institution left standing in London. Jo...
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Sir Joseph Banks
From the British Library: "Joseph Banks was a prominent botanist, who served as President of the Royal Society, and advised on the development of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He was a key figu...
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