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Frank Masters

Naval cadet from the training ship Arethusa, aged 14. Drowned in the tragedy at Leysdown. He was assisting the scouts at the time.

Person, Children, Community / Clubs, Tragedy

Maureen Davies and the wild women of Wapping

Ran a vigorous campaign in the 1980s.  Set up the Turk's Head Company, a charity to improve local life, bought the derelict building from the Council and restored it. From the picture source: " It...

Group, Community / Clubs

Turkish baths at Imperial Hotel

The picture shows the frigidarium, with statues in niches near the tops of the columns. The Turkish baths, constructed as part of the 1913 extension to the Imperial Hotel, were the subject of an e...

Building, Architecture, Community / Clubs

Cecil Court Traders' Association

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs

Time and Talents

Community group. It originated with a group of committed Christian women who deplored the waste and futility of the protected lives of the majority of young girls who were only expected to be decor...

Group, Community / Clubs, Gender Issues, Social Welfare