Wish we knew who those generous and rather self-important people were.
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the principal inhabitants of Tooting in 1823
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Parish pump Tooting
{On a modern brass plaque attached to the monument:} This monument, erected ...
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Westminster Foundation
From their website "The Westminster Foundation is an independent grantmaking trust and registered charity, representing the charitable interests of The Duke of Westminster and Grosvenor businesses....
People's Postcode Trust
From the Trust's website: "The aim of People's Postcode Trust is to support smaller charities and good causes in the Scotland to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and p...
Brixton Bomb Victims Appeal Committee
Formed to assist victims of the Brixton nail bomb.
Audrey and James Callaghan
James was Labour Prime Minister 1976-9, Audrey his wife, also in politics but particularly interested in child welfare. Audrey died on 15 March 2005, followed just 11 days later on the 26th by Jam...
Gilbert Johnstone
Hon. Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone. See his brother Francis for family information. President of the Eton Mission Rowing Club in 1934. Attended Eton, leaving before 1883. The Eton House (pdf dow...
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Leyton Orient Football Club
Originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club. They played football under various names, became Clapton Orient in 1890, and joined the football league in 1907. Their name finally became Le...
transportation to Australia
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
Red House - John Lyon School
Bought by the school in 1956, its opening in 2013 was probably following a major refurbishment of some kind. At Lyonian Association we learnt: "The Red House Memorial Garden contains several trees...
St Anne's Church WW1 Memorial
N6, Highgate West Hill, St Anne's Church
The short verse, in the voice of the fallen, is touching and manages to be uplifting until the last word. It has been used on a number of...
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