Person    | Female  Born 1940  Died 1986

Pat McDonald

Pat McDonald

Lived and worked in North Kensington, 1960s - her death. She was the driving force behind the campaigns for better housing, more play-space and new nurseries. 

At It's your Colville we were shocked to read: "The Colville Nursery Pat McDonald gates are dedicated to the People's Association community activist play worker, who was murdered by her husband."

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Pat McDonald

{On the plaque attached to the railings:} Pat McDonald, working-class heroine...

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Upper North Street school WW1 bomb

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