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Person    | Male  Born 29/8/1920  Died 1/9/2000

Harvey Hinds

Harvey Hinds

Harvey William Hinds, politician, clergyman and youth campaigner. Labour Southwark Councillor. Champion of Burgess Park and education, leisure and recreation. Elected to the Greater London Council in 1967. Later he was Chief Whip for Ken Livingstone.

The includes: "His insistence that local children should have local facilities led to the creation of the massive Burgess Park in Walworth, which he was asked to open in 1982."

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Harvey Hinds

In memory of Councillor Harvey Hinds, champion of Burgess Park and education,...

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