Group    From 1963 

The Clapham Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

A society founded with the aim of improving the quality of life in Clapham and to strengthen its identity and sense of community.

Initiated a Green Plaque Scheme in 2011 to commemorate interesting buildings in Clapham.

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

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The Clapham Society

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Clapham Common deep shelter

Clapham Common deep shelter. Built 1942. Troop hostel & government use ar...

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Clapham Odeon

Odeon Cinema, 1938 - 1972, refurbished 1999 as foyer apartments. The Clapham ...

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Eagle House - Clapham

Eagle House built 1773. The surviving south wing refurbished 2008. The Clapha...

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Oddfellows Hall Clapham

Oddfellows Hall, Pride of Clapham Lodge, built 1852. Baptist Chapel 1852 - 19...

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Ada Salter

Socialist and pacifist. Born Ada Brown at Raunds, Northamptonshire. She joined the West London Mission to work among the London poor, and in 1897 transferred to the Bermondsey Settlement, where she...

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Claudia Jones

Claudia Jones

Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in the McCarthy trials she was imprisoned and then extradited to Britain in December 1955.  Became a community organiser aft...

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Max Wall Society

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Sir Duncan Randolph Wilson, CVO, CBE.

Sir Duncan Randolph Wilson, CVO, CBE.

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