From the picture source website: " founded in 1957 by Duncan Sandys, a British politician, and the former son-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill. It campaigned to make better places for people to live. It ran until 2009 before going into administration due to a shortage of funding."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Civic Trust
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George Webster fountain
{On the north face of the main body, above the water bowl:} To George Webster...
Kew Gardens Station footbridge
Opened in 1912, Kew Gardens station footbridge is an early and rare British e...
Wimbledon Village Improvement 1964
Wimbledon Village Improvement Scheme 1964 Completed by Wimbledon Village Asso...
Other Subjects
William Walford
Architect. From University of London and the World of Learning, 1836-1986 By F. M. L. Thompson : "The University Architect as this point was William J. Walford, a shadowy figure chosen inexplicably...
E. J. May
Born Edward John May. Estate Architect at Bedford Park 1880 - 1885. Died Chislehurst. From the Bedford Park panel: "E. J. May was the last pupil of Decimus Burton before joining Shaw’s practice as...
Edward Welby Pugin
Architect. Born Ramsgate, son of Augustus Welby. Designed Catholic churches in the neo-Gothic style. Surviving works in London: St Monica's and English Martyrs in Prescot Street E1. Died at ho...
Tower Hill Improvement Trust
Created by Tubby Clayton, Dr B R Leftwich, Lord Wakefield and Sir Follett Holt. Purpose: to improve Tower Hill by removing from it certain ugly buildings which at that time disfigured it and hampe...
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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