Group which works for the regeneration of Portland Road and its surrounding area in Norwood, South London. It aims to achieve improvements for the benefit of the community.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
People for Portland Road
Creations i
Croydon atmospheric railway
1845 - 1847, one of only four such railways in the world. The London to Croyd...
Ellen Wright
Ellen E (Ciss) Wright of Croydon Harriers became All England 440 yards Champi...
Jolly Sailor Inn
Site of the Jolly Sailor Inn, South Norwood's first public building, 1810. Pe...
Norwood Junction subway - Clifford Road
Conceived by borough engineer George Carter and constructed by Robert McAlpin...
Norwood Junction subway - Station Road
Conceived by borough engineer George Carter and constructed by Robert McAlpin...
Other Subjects
William Morris Hall
Ben and Charles Buck proposed a home for the socialist, radical and trades union people of Walthamstow in 1903. Funded by workers who bought bricks and organised sponsored bike rides and social eve...
1 memorial
Southgate Village Hall
We found the Village Hall on this 1897 map. Southgate Green Association has: "... the site of the village hall, which in 1882 housed the early meetings of the Southgate Local Board of Health, pred...
1 memorial
Leslie Palmer
Director of the Notting Hill Carnival from 1973-1975. He played a key part in shaping the carnival into its modern form, and made a controversial decision to invite local Jamaican sound systems and...
1 memorial
Globe Town
Area of London, approximately within Bethnal Green, Bow and Stepney Green. It was established to provide for the expanding population of Huguenot and Irish silk weavers. A track running north from ...
1 memorial
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.
2 memorials
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