Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Citizens of Streatham
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Streatham civilian war memorial
"Grief has no boundaries" is a quotation from a poem by Rohit Sapra. The inf...
Other Subjects
Sybil Phoenix OBE
Born Sybil Theodora Phoenix Marshall in British Guiana (now Guyana). Community worker, the first black woman to be awarded the MBE, in 1973. Was Mayor of Lewisham. See EachOneTeachOne for more info.
1 memorial
Clapham Common deep shelter
This was one of several deep shelters built under Northern Line underground stations during WW2. See The Drum for more information. The Blitz was over by the time this shelter was completed so ins...
1 memorial
Leslie Palmer
From Trinidad. Director of the Notting Hill Carnival 1973-1975. He found sponsorship, recruited more steel bands and reggae groups and introduced static sound systems, live music stages and genera...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Norma Elaine Williamson
Norma Elaine Williamson came to London from Jamaica as a young girl and lived, initially with her mother, in Stockwell, her home for the rest of her life. She had a variety of careers, the final on...
1 memorial
Holland Park
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.
1 memorial
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