The Kensington and Chelsea Virtual Museum has a photo of the Wilsons' home in Sydney Place captioned with: "During his visits to England Hungarian composer Bela Bartok regularly stayed with Freda a...
Person, Community / Clubs, Friend / family, Politics & Administration
Founded by Richardson Evans and others, to 'safeguard the amenities of the Wimbledon district and to promote an interest in local history and wildlife'. It was originally known as the John Evelyn C...
From This is Local London: "A new Wimbledon Village Association had been a major contributor to the scheme and had held its first annual general meeting in October 1963." It's possible that over t...
Used to meet at The Coal Hole in the Strand. In about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading founder member. Qualification for membership: being forbidden by your wife to sing in the bath. So the club ch...
Either the club or its Harrier section was established in 1904. Its origins are back in the 1880s when it was part of the sports section of the Woodford Green Working Mens' Institute. More inform...
Woodstock Road is to the west of Finsbury Park, the other side of the railway line, to the south. We can find references to the Association in 2005 and 2011, but nothing more recent. However we mi...
A society devoted to the history of Woolwich, the surrounding area and other historical and conservation matters. It was founded by the local historian William Thomas Vincent.
Founder and Chair of the Arctic Campaign Memorial Trust.
From West London YMCA : "Our foundations can be found in a prayer meeting held by 13 young people who gathered at 4 Grove Road, Ealing, on 28 July 1870, to inaugurate a local branch of YMCA. From t...
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