Barnado Gardens. This block was built by the London County Council in 1957. It was named after Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845 - 1905), who opened his first home for destitute children nearby in Stepney Causeway in 1868.
Tower Hamlets Community Housing THCH
E1, Cable Street, Barnardo Gardens
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dr. Barnardo - Cable Street
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Missionary and social worker with the British poor, especially children. Born...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dr. Barnardo - Cable Street
THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively i...
March 2018 this care home was run by Care UK. Both plaques are visible in our photo, on the wall that you can see between the two gate pi...
Graham Hill, 1929 - 1975, world champion racing driver, lived here, 1960 - 1972. English Heritage
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
The watch-house is the low building to the right of the one with the scholar statues. Â the blue plaque you can just see to the left is fo...
This plaque honours Christopher Lee CBE, actor with 60 years in motion pictures and television including: The Wicker Man (1973), Jinnah (...
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