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Joe Meek Society

The Joe Meek Society (formerly Joe Meek Appreciation Society) was formed in the early nineties to remember and celebrate the music and life of legendary sixties record producer and song writer Joe ...

Group, Community / Clubs, Music / songs

Memorable Order of Tin Hats / MOTH

Founded by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African front-line ex-soldiers. The club-houses are known as shell-holes.

Group, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs, South Africa

South Woodford Memorial Hall

Built on the site of Woodford Hall, a former Georgian mansion. It was the gift of John Reynold Roberts in memory to his brother Thomas, and was built in the Arts and Crafts style. Our picture is of...

Place, Community / Clubs

Metropolitan Public Gardens Association

A charity for the preservation of public parks and gardens in London. It facilitated the creation of new public open spaces. First chairman was the Earl of Meath. In about 1890 the MPGA was based a...

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, Philanthropy

Metropolitan Streets Act 1867

The Metropolitan Streets Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 134) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to the City of London and all places and parishes then within the jurisdicti...

Event, Community / Clubs, Law

Mill Hill Park Residents' Association

Group, Community / Clubs

Peter Minshall

Trinidadian carnival artist. Born Guyana and grew up in Trinidad. Made his first costume aged 13. Came to London to train in theatre design at the Central School of Art and Design. One of the first...

Person, Art, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Dance, Caribbean Islands, South America

Inhabitants of Mitcham

Group, Community / Clubs

Ashton 'Tiger' Moore

Mi­grat­ed to Lon­don in 1971 where he formed the Ca­lyp­so Youth Ex­change Pro­gramme, or­gan­is­ing work­shops with chil­dren all over the UK and fa­cil­i­tat­ing vis­its to Lon­don by win­ners o...

Person, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands

Mothers Arms

A day nursery set up by Sylvia Pankhurst's suffragettes, giving mothers of working age the opportunity to go out and earn money. It occupied the former Gunmakers Arms public house.  This photo, tak...

Place, Community / Clubs, Philanthropy