The original Central YMCA on the corner of Great Russell Street was designed by architect R. Plumbe. It opened in 1911 and included halls for meetings, restaurants, a gym, swimming baths, social rooms, a boys department and 240 bedrooms. The new brutalist replacement, designed by Ellesworth Sykes Partnership, opened in 1977. See YMCA for the main group.
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Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Harold Arundel Moody, 1882 - 1947, Jamaican doctor, humanitarian and British ...
Westminster City Council informs us that this acronym stands for 'Bayswater Residents Association', but we are unable to find anything that distinguishes it from SEBRA.
State of the art post-war housing estate opened by Aneurin Bevan. Movietone News covered the unveiling ceremony with Bevan's hair battling against the wind.
Claimed to be the first public building in South Norwood. When it opened there was little else here except for brickworks and farmland.
This is a very vague indication of who erected the plaque for P.D. James. We'd guess it's a group of local residents.
The photo shows the pub in 1977, with the Rectory next door, both remarkably unchanged. Website.
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