Harvey William Hinds, politician, clergyman and youth campaigner. Labour Southwark Councillor. Champion of Burgess Park and education, leisure and recreation. Elected to the Greater London Council in 1967. Later he was Chief Whip for Ken Livingstone.
The Guardian obit. includes: "His insistence that local children should have local facilities led to the creation of the massive Burgess Park in Walworth, which he was asked to open in 1982."
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Harvey Hinds
In memory of Councillor Harvey Hinds, champion of Burgess Park and education,...
Illustrator of children's books and poet. Born 21 Cavendish Street N1 (now entirely post-war blocks of flats). She and her family moved to Upper Street in 1852. She worked for London branch of Marc...
William Beckham is the boy lying on his side on the left at the front in the photograph of the scout troop. He was one of the ten children of William John Beckham (1870-1917) and Harriett Beckham...
Died aged 9. We believe this was the 'beloved son' of Lady Emily Fortescue, commemorated on the clock tower. See her page for the evidence.
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
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