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Plaque

Action for Children

Erection date: 9/7/2009

Inscription

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Action for Children. The charity Action for Children was founded as 'The Children's Home' on this site by Revd. Thomas Bowman Stephenson, a Methodist minister, on 9 July 1869.

This plaque was unveiled to mark Action for Children's 140th anniversary.

Plaque unveiled by actress Shirley Anne Field (who spent part of her childhood in a Children's Home), and the then Action for Children chair Pam Chesters.

Site: Action for Children (1 memorial)

SE1, Exton Street

The building is a London Underground electrical substation.

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Action for Children

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Action for Children

National children's charity. Founded by the Reverend Thomas Bowman Stephenson...

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Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Wesleyan minister and benefactor. Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He entered the...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Action for Children

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Action for Children

National children's charity. Founded by the Reverend Thomas Bowman Stephenson...

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Pam Chesters

Politician. Born Pamela Chesters in Edinburgh. Worked in the oil industry and...

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Shirley Anne Field

Actor. Born Shirley Broomfield on 27 June 1936 in Forest Gate, Essex (now Gre...

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