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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 Royal patronage in 1854.

The society was based in London until 1980 when it moved to Bath. Wikipedia has a list of the London addresses.

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Royal Photographic Society

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Eadweard Muybridge - Royal Photographic Society

Eadweard Muybridge photographer, 1830 - 1904, lived here. The Royal Photograp...

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Tony Ray-Jones

Westminster City Council Tony Ray-Jones, photographer, 1941 - 1972, lived an...

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Staple Inn Hall

Staple Inn Hall

Staple Inn Hall, built in 1580, was destroyed by a flying bomb on the 24th August 1944. The Hall was rebuilt in its original form in 1955, incorporating timber & other materials saved from the...

Building, Community / Clubs, Law

1 memorial
UCATT

UCATT

Trade union representing all building trades.

Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
English and American Browning Society

English and American Browning Society

Plenty of Browning Societies exist, but we can't find one with this specific name.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Richmond Society

Richmond Society

From their website: "Welcome to The Richmond Society, local residents who have been protecting and enhancing the natural and built environment of Richmond, south-west London, since 1957. Our purpos...

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, History

1 memorial
Valerie Carter

Valerie Carter

Moved to Forty Hill in 1959. President of the Enfield Preservation Society, 1997 - her death. With a background in journalism and publishing she wrote/edited/assisted with a number of Enfield publi...

Person, Community / Clubs, History

2 memorials

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Roger Fry

Roger Fry

Artist, art critic and member of the Bloomsbury Group. Born Roger Eliot Fry at 6, The Grove, Highgate. 8 years later the family moved next door into number 5.  Primarily a landscape painter, he cha...

Person, Art

2 memorials
Olympic Games 1908, & Stadium

Olympic Games 1908, & Stadium

The original plan was that Italy would host these games but in 1906 they dropped out, partly due to the consequential costs of the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.  Within a week the IOC accepted B...

Event, Sport / Games

1 memorial
British-German Association

British-German Association

The Association came into being in the House of Commons.  Those involved in setting it up include:  Sir George Catlin, Dr Thomas Mann, Dr Adolf Grimme - Minister of Education for Lower Saxony, Sir ...

Group, Community / Clubs, Germany

1 memorial
Hardiman

Hardiman

Committee Member of Kingston Spiritualist Church in 1927.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
London A - Z

London A - Z

London street guide. First developed by Phyllis Pearsall, it now covers the Greater London area, roughly within the M25. The picture shows the cover of the first edition.

Media, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design

1 memorial