When we first researched this area in 2008 there were three plaques erected by the LGTA; others were erected later so we had to go back. The first three plaques all end with the text "Awards for all". This reminds us of the Dodo in Alice in Wonderland: "Everybody has won and all must have prizes". It seems a particularly perverse motto for plaques, which by their very nature are erected for the select few. However, it actually indicates that the Lottery grants scheme of that name has, at least partially, funded the plaque.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association
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Alice Zimmern
Alice Zimmern, 1855 - 1939, pioneering advocate for women's education and suf...
Anthony Green
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association Anthony Green, R.A., artist, lived her...
Haydn Wood
Haydn Wood, 1882 - 1959, composer, a much-loved master of British light music...
James Hanley
James Hanley, 1897 - 1985, novelist and playwright, lived here. Lissenden Gar...
Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw, O.B.E., 1875 - 1958, composer, quiet revolutionary of English mu...
Other Subjects
Nell Deller
Local community organiser and campaigner. Lived on the Peckwater Estate 1966 - 2003. A play centre in 1972, some play groups, countless ‘jollies’ to the seaside for tenants - all owe their existen...
1 memorial
Franco-British Society
From the picture source website: "Founded in 1924, although its roots go back to the Entente Cordiale at the beginning of the 20th century, it is dedicated to encouraging closer relations between B...
2 memorials
Peggy Temple
Founder member of the Victoria Park Society.
1 memorial
Downham Health Leisure Centre
A community centre in the Borough of Lewisham, It contains a large swimming pool, gym, library and creche.
1 memorial
Hayes Literary Society
We can find little about this group but they were very active in 1992 re. Orwell.
1 memorial
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Edwin Root Sewell
Edwin Root Sewell was born in 1867 in Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, the sixth of the nine children of Samuel Sewell and Sarah Sewell née Wood. His birth was registered in the third quarter of 18...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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