Group    From 1971 

Finchley Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open spaces in Finchley and Friern Barnet and their environs, and to explore the history and the special features of the area. The Finchley Society covers the old Borough of Finchley and the Urban District of Friern Barnet, now part of the London Borough of Barnet, and takes an interest in most aspects of life in the community.

Spike Milligan was the first President, a post he held until his death in 2002.

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Finchley Society

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Finchley Toll Gate

Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871. The Finchley Society

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Grimaldi - N12 - information panel

Joseph Grimaldi Joseph Grimaldi was born in 1778 in London. His father was a...

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Harry Beck - N12

Harry Beck, designer of the 1933 London Underground map, lived here, 1936 - 1...

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Henry Charles Stephens - plaque

2017: The plaque is no longer here (our photograph was taken 2008), We have c...

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Jean Scott

In memory of Jean Scott (1921 - 93) founder of The Finchley Society.

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Other Subjects

Edith Nesbit Society

Edith Nesbit Society

Founded by Nicholas Reed. It aims to celebrate the life and work of the author and her friends, by means of talks, publications and visits to relevant places.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Nobby Clark

Nobby Clark

In 2001-2 Clark was living close to Vauxhall Park and was a member of the Friends of Vauxhall Park.  He restored the model village there. Harry, his son, seems (2021) to be connected with Southwark...

Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust

Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust

Founded by the parents of Stephen Lawrence to ensure that future generations of young people would enjoy the opportunities that were denied to him.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Szmul Zygielbojm Memorial Committee

Szmul Zygielbojm Memorial Committee

Group concerned with promoting the memory of Szmul Zygielbojm.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Will Crooks

Will Crooks

Trade unionist and politician. Born at 2 Shirbutt Street, Poplar. He helped bring about many local improvements, and in 1891 endorsed representation by the London Trades Council to restrict immigra...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Dolores Moorhouse

Dolores Moorhouse

Widow of Peter. We think she was born Dolores Douglas and, with Peter, had children Francesca and Maximilian.

Person, Friend / family

5 memorials
Great Storm of 1987

Great Storm of 1987

In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East England. In four violent hours London lost 250,000 trees. Its skyline changed for ever.  22 people were killed in Englan...

Event, Tragedy

11 memorials
Crocketts Leather Cloth Company Ltd

Crocketts Leather Cloth Company Ltd

Odd that the monument does not use the name "Crocketts" but all the sources give that name for the Leather Cloth factory on this site. More information at London's Ghost Acres. The catalogue of th...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial