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Plaque

Hanwell Clock Tower

Erection date: 7/5/1937

Inscription

This clock was erected by the citizens of Ealing to commemorate the coronation of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Mayor - Councillor F.F. Woodward J.P.
Chairman of Highways Committee - Alderman A.W. Bradford
May 1937
Borough of Ealing

Site: Hanwell Clock Tower (1 memorial)

W7, Hanwell Broadway

This clock tower has a , erected with the same text on the plaque and created by the same clockmaker, but in a very different tower.

In the early 1970s an estate agent wanted this "dreadful concrete eyesore" removed and replaced with something more pleasing, but, thankfully, it was .

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hanwell Clock Tower

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Coronation of King George VI

George VI's coronation at Westminster Abbey took place on 12 May 1937, the da...

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland...

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King George VI

Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hanwell Clock Tower

Created by i

Ealing Council

Governing body of the London Borough of Ealing, Formed in 1965 by the merging...

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A. W. Bradford

Alfred Bradford. Alderman and Chairman of Ealing Highways Committee in 1937.  

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F. F. Woodward

Frederick Woodward. Councillor, J.P. and Mayor of Ealing in 1937.

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