Group    From 1926 

Royal Ballet School

Categories: Children, Dance, Education

Originally founded by Ninette de Valois as the Academy of Choreographic Art. Its students are chosen purely for their dancing talent and not for any academic ability. Famous dancers and choreographers from the school include Dame Margot Fonteyn, Dame Beryl Grey, Sir Kenneth MacMillan and Darcey Bussell.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Royal Ballet School

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Bridge of Aspiration

{Beneath the crest of the Royal Ballet School:} The Bridge of Aspiration, the...

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June Wilkinson

June Wilkinson

One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

Person, Children

1 memorial
Brady Settlement

Brady Settlement

From the picture source website: The Brady Boys' Club was the first Jewish boys' club in Great Britain and it was founded in 1896 by Lady Charlotte Rothschild, Mrs Arthur Franklin and Mrs N S Josep...

Place, Children, Community / Clubs

3 memorials
Emily Yeates

Emily Yeates

Born Horton, daughter of William Wlllson Yeates. See there for information about her family. Buried in St Michaels churchyard Horton,13 February 1835.  

Person, Children, Friend / family

1 memorial
Carew Manor Special School

Carew Manor Special School

Now called Carew Academy. It teaches pupils aged 7 to18, with a wide range of ability levels and additional learning and complex needs.

Building, Children, Education

1 memorial
George Claydon

George Claydon

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 14. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

Person, Children, Tragedy

1 memorial