Social housing and nearby workshops designed by the Greater London Council for Southwark Council and funded by the Sea Containers Group.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Gatehouse Square, Southwark
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Gatehouse Square, Southwark
The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns".  From PMSA:"... hold...
Other Subjects
Octavia Hill
Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust. Â Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really). Â She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare
Father Basil Jellicoe
Anglican vicar. Â Born Sussex, his father being a cousin of Lord Jellicoe. Worked in the slums of Somers Town, north London in the 1920s. He set up the St Pancras House Improvement Society and persu...
Samaritans
Formed by Chad Varah at St Stephen Walbrook Church to befriend the suicidal and despairing. The Samaritans gives a good history of the organisation including how it was named: "Chad Varah had achi...
North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers
Founded by Florence Keen. Â 1983 renamed 'Manor Gardens Centre'.
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