Group    From 1956 

The Bourne Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

It takes its name from the streams that follow the lines of the A22 and A23 roads, and meet in Purley. Its objectives are to extend the knowledge of local history in Caterham, Purley and the surrounding areas, and to ensure the preservation of records and objects of historical interest.

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

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The Bourne Society

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Gordon Pirie

Gordon Pirie, 1931 - 1991, South London Harriers and Coulsdon resident, held ...

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Japan-British Culture Memorial Club

Japan-British Culture Memorial Club

We can find no information about this group so we guess it was short-lived and dis-banded once the memorial was unveiled.

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Japan

1 memorial
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
Janet Johnson

Janet Johnson

Welfare worker. All we can find out about her is contained in her plaque in Redcross Street where she lived. She was the manager of the Central London School for Orphans and Destitute Children at H...

Person, Community / Clubs, Education

1 memorial
Epsom and Ewell famous people

Epsom and Ewell famous people

We have found another plaque in the same style erected under the name of 1937 - 1987 golden jubilee.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Paddington Recreation Ground

Paddington Recreation Ground

Noted as the earliest public athletic ground in London. It includes ten tennis courts, an athletics track, two artificial grass pitches, and two bowling greens.

Place, Community / Clubs, Sport / Games

1 memorial

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Lady Maud Hoare DBE

Lady Maud Hoare DBE

Wife of Sir Samuel Hoare, Viscount Templewood but achieved her DBE in her own right, by flying in 1927 a 12,000-mile round trip flight inaugurating the London-Cairo-Delhi air service, the first wom...

Person, Aviation

1 memorial