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.
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C.W.S.
Edward Owen Greening, 1836 - 1923, co-operator and social reformer, lived in ...
Sir Clarendon Hyde, the deputy chairman of the Metropolitan Railway Company in 1920.
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 ...
Event, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Gender Issues, Terrorism, Tragedy
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee House. They carried on meeting in coffee houses and taverns but as the society grew they needed more space. Shipley rented ...
Drummer, singer-songwriter, record producer and founding member of the pioneering British reggae group Aswad. Guardian obituary.
There is no indication as to who erected the plaque, but the fulsome description of the Lanesborough Hotel, suggests that they might have...
Westminster City Council Pioneer aviator, sailor and author, Sir Francis Chichester KBE, 1901 - 1972, single-handed circumnavigator of t...
Neville's father, Joseph, had been involved in the School's foundation in 1899. This foundation stone is on the Keppel Street façade. The...
Although not specified on the plaque, it was erected by Wandsworth LGBTQ+ Forum.
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