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Group    From 1963 

Bedford Park Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

Bedford Park Society

Conservation group. Co-founded by two local residents, architect Tom Affleck Greeves and Harry Taylor, following the demolition of some historic houses and unsympathetic developments in the neighbourhood. They were supported by poet and conservation campaigner Sir John Betjeman.

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Bedford Park Society

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Bedford Park panel

On the back of the panel 8 Bedford Park men are featured, each with a paragra...

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Alec Dickson

Alec Dickson, 1914 - 1994, founder VSO & CSV, lived and died here. Bedfor...

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Beryl Brownsword

Beryl Brownsword, architect & conservationist, lived here, 1922 - 2007. B...

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T. A. Greeves

T.A. Greeves, 1917 - 1997, architect & artist co-founder of the Bedford P...

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Yeats - Chiswick

John Butler Yeats 1839 - 1922 artist W.B. Yeats 1865 - 1939 poet Jack B. Yeat...

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Granville Pryce

Granville Pryce

"Later, a black leadership of 'Grove' people took over the organising of Notting Hill Carnival amongst whom were Merle Major, Selwyn Baptiste, Pansy Jeffrey, Granville Pryce, and Junior Telfer. In ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Ingleton House Boys Home

Ingleton House Boys Home

In about 1903, numbers 2 - 4 Rectory Grove, (built c.1790), were combined to form St. Hugh’s Boys Home, later named Ingleton House Boys Home,  run by an Anglican religious society named the Society...

Place, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
2i's coffee bar

2i's coffee bar

Birthplace of British rock 'n roll and the popular music industry. Mickie Most started as a singing waiter here. Owen Adams provides a huge amount of information.

Place, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Music / songs

1 memorial
Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association

Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association

The association is a watchdog for the welfare of Hampstead Garden Suburb and acts as a strong pressure group. It conveys the views of its members to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, to the Boroug...

Group, Community / Clubs

2 memorials