Formed in 1984 by Mark Ashton and his friend Mike Jackson, this group was only wound down in 2015. The London group used the bookshop Gay's the Word as their HQ. The largest fund-raising event was the 1984 "Pits and Perverts" benefit concert, in the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town.
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Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners
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Mark Ashton
The crowd funded plaque was unveiled on 19 May 2017, Ashton's 57th birthday. ...
Other Subjects
Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne
Political and women's rights activist. Conservative and Unionist Women’s Franchise Association. Born Marylebone as Beatrix Maud Gascoyne-Cecil. 1883 married the Liberal politician William Palmer, ...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, South Africa
1 memorial
Catherine Courtauld Osler
Catherine Courtauld Taylor was a social reformer and suffragist. President of Birmingham Women’s Suffrage Society. Born in Bridgwater to parents who supported women's suffrage. Married Alfred Osle...
1 memorial
Friendly Female Society
From Bridge to Nowhere: "The Female Friendly Society {sic} was started in 1802, by and for women, operating “by love, kindness, and absence of humbug”. It gave small grants to “poor, aged women of ...
1 memorial
Emma Cons
Social reformer and theatre manager. Born London. Knew and was influenced by Octavia Hill, John Ruskin and Henrietta Barnett. Her involvement in the temperance movement led to her taking on the lea...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Theatre
3 memorials
Martina Bergman Ősterberg
Pioneer of Physical Education for Women. A Swedish supporter of women's rights who settled in London in 1881. She was appointed Superintendent of Physical Education for London's public schools. Wil...
1 memorial
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County Fire Office
An insurance organisation launched by Barber Beaumont in 1807. Beaumont was the managing director and within 20 years it was the fifth largest fire insurer in Britain. Source: Oxford Dictionary of...
1 memorial
Chelsea Firefighters
SW3, King’s Road, 264, Chelsea Fire Station
This plaque is in the same style as others erected by Firemen Remembered, although they are not acknowledged on the plaque itself.
Civilian war dead | WW2
14 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
14 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Wandsworth Fire Station - wall plaque
SW18, West Hill
This memorial originally comprised the two low marble plaques with the display stand between and a rather nice little fountain behind. O...
Civilian war dead | WW2
11 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
11 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Arthur George Walker
Sculptor and painter. Born Hackney. Other work in London: Heston war memorial.
7 memorials
Hitchcock mosaics 01 - The Birds, 1963
E11, Church Lane, Leytonstone tube station
Rather than repeat information on all 17 pages we have put everything about the creators of these murals on the first mural only, The Birds.
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
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