1960: The Rutherford School opened in Bell Street on the site of a former Poor School provided by the Ragged School movement.
NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House
The eleven pavement plaques can be seen randomly distributed over this paved area. The Nightingale Street Buildings plaque can just be seen in our photo, on the red brick building, partly obscured by the shop awning.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 1960 - school
From Local History: 1870 "The newly formed London School Board was searching ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 1960 - school
The church is immediately north of the Westway, beside its parish hall.
1812: Construction of Regent’s Canal attracted Irish navvies & their fami...
1831 – 1962: Charlie Chaplin was one of many famous artists to perform at the...
1855: Richard Jordan opened a pawnbroker’s, which became Jordan’s Department ...
From Newham Stories (2018: that link not working but Newham Story has the text) we learn that there used to be another plaque commemorati...
This is where Faraday, aged 14, was indentured for 7 years to the bookseller, George Riebau, at what was then 2 Blandford Street. He star...
This is a horrible place to spend any time - far too much traffic and pollution, and pig-pens corralling people on the pavements.
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
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