Born on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in 1808 to slave parents. Born with vitiligo, also known as piebaldism he was, as a baby, put on show in the capital, Kingstown. Aged 15 months he was taken to Bristol and sold to the travelling showman, John Richardson who took him around England's fairs displaying him for entertainment. George died aged four years and nine months.
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George Alexander Gratton
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St Marys Newington - Gratton
George Alexander Gratton was a Caribbean boy brought to England from the isla...
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Albert Edward Dack
Albert Edward Dack is the boy lying on his side on the front right in the photograph of the scout troop. Albert Edward Dack was born on 1 August 1899 in Walworth, the fourth of the ten children of...
2 memorials
Hilda Mary Martin
Killed, aged 2, in the Downhills shelter WW2 tragedy, 19 September 1940.
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Day nursery, Pond Street
2012 and we are delighted to report that this building is still a day nursery: the "Royal Free Hospital Staff Day Nursery".
1 memorial
Abbot Laurence Soper
Searching for a picture we were shocked to find the picture source website where we learn that Soper was, in September 2012, wanted by the police " in connection with allegations of {historic} sexu...
1 memorial
Sacred Heart School, Hammersmith
The origins of the school date back to a nunnery in 1609. In 1869, Cardinal Manning decided to convert it into a seminary, and had John Francis Bentley (the architect of Westminster Cathedral) draw...
1 memorial
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Homerton Footpath Bridge
Also known as the Parnell Road Bridge. Opened in conjunction with the Hertford Union Canal (now part of the Grand Union Canal), which it spans.
1 memorial
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