Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary of the Metropolitan Boroughs that made up the GLC.
Inherited the blue plaque scheme from the LCC and when abolished passed it on to English Heritage. See there for more information about the scheme.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Greater London Council
The plaque definitively names Victoria Docks {sic} as the source of the soil ...
The County Hall. the home of London government from 1922 to 1986. LCC 1889 -...
{The plaque is laid flat on the ground.} This commemorative plaque was set i...
{Next to a photograph of John Hearn} Ernie's Beach This stretch of the river ...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Greater London Council
Greater London Council Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, hydrographer and me...
Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough...
Alexander Herzen, 1812 - 1870, Russian political thinker, lived here, 1860 - ...
Greater London Council Alfred Lord Milner, 1854 - 1925, statesman, lived here.
Fourth son of 6th Earl Beauchamp. 1907-19 Conservative member of LCC for Finsbury. Chairman of Fire Brigade Committee of LCC 1909-11. Badly injured in a balloon accident while serving in WW1 but co...
Known for repeated accusations of extortion, abduction and arson, among other things, Henry was likely among the most feared and hated noblemen in England during his time as Earl of Lincoln. Style...
Secretary to the Commissioners for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. Became librarian in Great Smith Street in March 1881 and went on to be employed by Westminster City Council as a branch libra...
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Mohammed Anwar Pervez was born on 15 March 1935 in Rawalpindi, India (now Pakistan). Our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page give much information about the ...
Co-churchwarden of St Mary Abbots, Kensington in 1894.
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