In grateful memory of Alderman Charles Fisher Yates JP, an ardent worker for and benefactor of the West Hackney Almshouses, who passed away on the 2nd February 1945.
This memorial is from Commercial Motor Users of Hackney who have established a fund, the income of which is to be distributed to the residents of the almshouses annually, to perpetuate the memory of a very dear friend.
E5, Northwold Road, West Hackney Almshouses
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Yates
Mainly from British History Online we've learnt the following: In 1740 Thomas...
Mayor of Hackney 1933-34. The picture shows him (the mayor, on the left) at t...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Yates
The name suggest a group of local business people coming together around the ...
The wall in the photo is the remains of the front wall of the hospital building. Â Compare it with the picture of that building - you can ...
The memorial is close to the ticket barrier, train side, on your left as you exit the station. When we last visited in April 2025 there ...
The Les Mis plaque is laid in the ground at the front, audience, entrance.
Blitzwalkers give a good description of the incident. The AFS squad sent to fight this fire included Holder, the war artist Leonard Roso...
Cursetjee and his British family moved here on his retirement in 1868.
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