A 2016 BB2 television series called Black and British - A Forgotten History, traced the history of black people in Britain. Following on from this, a series of plaques are being erected around Britain commemorating black people and events through the ages.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
BBC History Project
Bill Richmond, freed slave, boxer, entrepreneur, spent the last evening of hi...
The plaque is on the railings below the Royal Society of Arts one. Dec 2020:...
Black trumpeter John Blanke musician at the courts of Henry VII & Henry V...
In this building Robert Sadler opened a pub and leisure gardens. In 1853, using the land behind the pub, he opened the Copenhagen Running Grounds. "The ground eventually closed in 1864 following c...
Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Property
Formed as a result of the last Goon Show. Patron: Prince Charles.
1717 saw the creation of the first Grand Lodge in the world, formed when four London lodges met at the Goose and Gridiron Ale House, St Paul’s Churchyard.
From their website: "The Friends of Friary Park was formed in 1990 as the result of local discontent with the deteriorating condition of the Park. More than 200 people attended the inaugural meetin...
Charity. Founded to use the power of the Queen's Park Rangers football club to forge connections with its community.
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