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...
This plaque (complete with a misspelling) replaces the English Heritage original which was erected on the previous house on this site, th...
Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG, 1934 - 2011, heavyweight boxer, British, European & Commonwealth champion lived here, 1942 - 1960. London B...
At the time gilded lettering incised into granite was a popular technique. We can't say what it was like when new but its legibility has ...
Hillfield Park, House of the Century Centenary Award, 28 May 2000. The Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings
Note the logo - this is not the English Heritage logo; similar but not the same.
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