Erection date: 19/5/2017
Mark Ashton, 1960 - 1987, political and community activist. LGSM met at Gay's the Word bookshop on this site, 1984/5.
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners
The plaque was unveiled on 19 May 2017, Ashton's 57th birthday. 'Pride', the 2014 film about Ashton and the LGSM is a good watch.
WC1, Marchmont Street, Gay's the Word
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mark Ashton
Irish political, community and gay rights activist. Born Oldham but grew up i...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mark Ashton
Formed in 1984 by Mark Ashton and his friend Mike Jackson, this group was onl...
The library is the northern building, pools to the south. The Library plaque is below the bay window. The Baths plaque is on the white s...
Festival of Britain 1951, 3rd May - 3rd November, site of the Festival Pleasure Gardens 2011. Wandsworth Council
The modern information board at the entrance to the gardens points out that the three Prime Ministers lived here at different times. It w...
Greater London Council Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discoverer of penicillin, lived here.
English Heritage Ada Countess of Lovelace, 1815 - 1852, pioneer of computing, lived here.
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