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Inland Waterways Association

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Inland Waterways Association

Formed to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British canals and rivers. One of its founders was the author Robert Aickman. The author Elizabeth Jane Howard was employed as part-time secretary to the Association, where she and Aickman met and had a affair.

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Inland Waterways Association

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Robert Aickman

Robert Aickman, 1914 - 1981, author and co-founder of the Inland Waterways As...

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Ezekiel 'Biggs' Yearwood

Ezekiel 'Biggs' Yearwood

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. In the early seventies, Yearwood was a pan tuner in England.  1988 Yearwood and Raymond Joseph established the Pantonic Steel Orchestra, based in H...

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Anglo-Austrian Society

Anglo-Austrian Society

From the website: The Anglo-Austrian Society was originally founded in September 1944 in London. It actively promotes social and cultural exchange and dialogue between the United Kingdom and Austri...

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Woolwich Parochial Alms Houses

Woolwich Parochial Alms Houses

A sheltered housing block of eight flats. The plaque says they were originally founded in 1731, although Pathways who manage the accommodation, give the establishment date as 1679. Lost Hospitals ...

Group, Community / Clubs

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Ealing YMCA

Ealing YMCA

From West London YMCA : "Our foundations can be found in a prayer meeting held by 13 young people who gathered at 4 Grove Road, Ealing, on 28 July 1870, to inaugurate a local branch of YMCA. From t...

Group, Community / Clubs, Religion

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