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,...
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