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Samuel Pepys Club

Formed as a dining club for eminent Pepys admirers and still limited in number, currently to 140 in the UK and 14 abroad.

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Samuel Pepys Club

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Pepys bust - EC3

{Plaque attached to the front of the plinth:} Samuel Pepys, diarist, 1633 - 1...

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GMB Union

GMB Union

A general trades union whose members work in most industrial sectors. In 1982 following a merger the name was General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union (GMBATU). This was sometimes s...

Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
William Morris Co-Operative Society

William Morris Co-Operative Society

Wimbledon Labour Hall Co-operative Society Limited was registered in 1921.  We understand this formal organisation is also known as the William Morris Co-Operative Society and was formed to manage ...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
London Irish Centre

London Irish Centre

The charity provides care, culture and community to the Irish across London, working from the iconic London Irish Centre in Camden Town.

Group, Community / Clubs, Social Welfare, Ireland

1 memorial
Maureen Davies and the wild women of Wapping

Maureen Davies and the wild women of Wapping

Ran a vigorous campaign in the 1980s.  Set up the Turk's Head Company, a charity to improve local life, bought the derelict building from the Council and restored it. From the picture source: " It...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Matchmakers Union

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...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Sir Peter Medawar

Sir Peter Medawar

OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate.   Born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  His pioneering wartime research on tissue grafting won him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1960.  Not a fan of psychoanalysis - ...

Person, Medicine, Brazil

2 memorials
V1 and V2 rockets

V1 and V2 rockets

The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...

Event, Tragedy

28 memorials
The Hon. Margaret Howard, of Norfolk

The Hon. Margaret Howard, of Norfolk

Wife of The Hon. Esme Howard, of Norfolk.

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Anthony Smith, G.C.

Anthony Smith, G.C.

He was a chimney sweep and shoemaker by trade and was attached to the Chatham division of the Civil Defence Rescue Service. Notice of his award was published in the London Gazette on the 30th May, ...

Person, Other

1 memorial
Greenwich Society

Greenwich Society

The Greenwich Society aims to make Greenwich a better place for all who live and work here, to promote the town's heritage, to improve its amenities and to make it attractive to visitors.

Group, Community / Clubs

4 memorials