Group    From 2010 

Institute of Making

A multidisciplinary research club based at University College London. Its work focuses on hands-on research into materials and making from many different perspectives. It was founded by Mark Miodownik, Zoe Laughlin and Martin Conreen at King's College London and moved to UCL in 2012, officially opening on 16th March 2013.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Institute of Making

Creations i

Charles Darwin bust

This website gives more detailed information about the creation of the bust. ...

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Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Formed by the merger of the Municipal Boroughs of Twickenham and of Richmond and of Barnes.

Group, Politics & Administration

4 memorials
W. Young & Son

W. Young & Son

The Young family began fishing the Thames for whitebait in 1750. In 1811 William Young married Elizabeth Martha who had been selling fish at the Greenwich quayside. They set up a fish shop and the ...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Commercial Motor Users of Hackney

Commercial Motor Users of Hackney

The name suggest a group of local business people coming together around the use of new-fangled motor-powered conveyances. The text of the plaque tells us that they also had charitable activities. ...

Group, Benefactor, Commerce

1 memorial
Salmon & Gluckstein

Salmon & Gluckstein

Tobacco retailer which become the largest tobacco sellers in the UK, with over 140 retail outlets. Samuel Gluckstein (1821-73) was born in Rheinberg, Prussia (now Germany) on 4 January 1821, the s...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial