Local people fought and won against office development and created The Calthorpe Project, community gardens, play space and under fives' area.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Local people (King's Cross)
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Calthorpe Community Gardens
The Calthorpe Project was opened by the Worshipful the Mayor of Camden, King...
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Rawthmell's Coffee House
Braxton's Coffee House (1702) at no.24 Henrietta Street became Rawthmell's Coffee House in 1715 and later moved to no.25, where the (R)SA first met. The image shows the painting by Anna Katrina Zi...
1 memorial
Dick Moy
Richard Francis Moy was born on 6 May 1932, the son of Richard Albert Moy (1902-1971) and Doris Winifred Garrood (1907-2009). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1932 in the Lambeth regi...
1 memorial
Highgate Society
From the website: The Highgate Society was founded in 1966 by local people who had successfully fought Government plans to route heavy traffic through the heart of Highgate. The Highgate Society’s r...
1 memorial
Royal Photographic Society
Initiated by Roger Fenton and founded in London as the Photographic Society of London with Fenton as its first Secretary. The inaugural meeting was held at the, then, Society of Arts. Received Roya...
2 memorials
Matchmakers Union
Formed as the Union of Women Match Workers following the matchgirls strike at the Bryant and May factory in Bow. Its first secretary was Annie Besant and by October of 1888, 666 members had been en...
1 memorial
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Westminster Abbey B - Manche Masemola
SW1, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey - west porch
Fourteen niches on the West Front remained empty since the Abbey was built until 1998 when they were filled. The lower four are filled wi...
1 subject commemorated,
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