MP, Under Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
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Jo Swinson
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Gold post box - Westminster
The plaque is a nasty modern thing, as they are on all these Olympic boxes, s...
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Ellen Wilkinson
NUWSS in Manchester, Labour MP for Jarrow. As Jarrow MP she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March. Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Born Manchester. Had a close per...
Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais
Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...
Eric Pickles
MP and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
4th Duke of Queensberry
Nobleman. Born in Peebles and known as 'Old Q'. He was appointed Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King George III in 1760. Immensely wealthy with a reputation as a gambler, particularly in horse-raci...
Dadabhai Naoroji
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons, representing Central Finsbury for the Liberal Party from 1892 - 1895. This was 4 years after the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, had said that black...
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J. Adams
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
W. Burkmar
Died serving in WW1. Member of the parish of Saint Olave and Saint John Southwark.
East End Dwellings Company
E2, Globe Road
We would not normally collect this type of inscription - many of the early housing projects carry similar notices. But they are normall...
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
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