MP and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Eric Pickles
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Munich Olympics 40 years
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...
Sir Simon Milton statue - Paddington
Unveiled by Eric Pickles. To our eyes, Milton's jacket looks too big for him,...
Other Subjects
Lord Kinnock
Politician. Born Neil Gordon Kinnock in Tredegar, Wales. Entered parliament in 1970 and elected leader of the Labour Party in 1983. He resigned the leadership and retired to the backbenches after L...
Mary Elizabeth Sumner
Founded the Mothers’ Union in 1876. Born as Mary Elizabeth Heywood in Lancashire. 1848 she married George Henry Sumner, son of C. R. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, and a second cousin of William Wi...
Gordon Campbell
Canadian diplomat and politician. Born in Vancouver. He was the 34th Premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011, leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party and from 2011 to 2016, Canadian High...
G. F. Danielli
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: George Frederick Danielli's birth was registered in the 4th qua...
J. Eastty
Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library. c.1894-5 a J. Eastty living in Bermondsey was elected to serve on the committee of the Baptist Fund, and in 1887 the British Bee Journal...
Previously viewed
North South Route in Haringey
Alan Stanton, suitably impressed with this important plaque, informs that the North South route is now called Watermead Way. Somewhere there must be a plaque commemorating that name change. Please ...
River Fleet
Dead End Street has a useful map showing the route of the old Fleet River and its tributaries, long ago buried in storm drains / large sewer pipes. The river used to flood, even into the 1930s. It...
Karla Roman
Grew up in Brazil. A qualified architect, aged 32, she began work at LOM Architecture and Design, in Shoreditch, in January 2015. Killed at 9am as she cycled to work. August 2018: The driver of th...
W. G. R. Sprague
Born in Australia the son of an actress. Worked for Matcham for a time. Designed many famous London theatres, including the Notting Hill Gate Coronet (1898), Wyndhams (1899), the Albery (1903) an...
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