When we first researched this area in 2008 there were three plaques erected by the LGTA; others were erected later so we had to go back. The first three plaques all end with the text "Awards for all". This reminds us of the Dodo in Alice in Wonderland: "Everybody has won and all must have prizes". It seems a particularly perverse motto for plaques, which by their very nature are erected for the select few. However, it actually indicates that the Lottery grants scheme of that name has, at least partially, funded the plaque.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association
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Alice Zimmern
Alice Zimmern, 1855 - 1939, pioneering advocate for women's education and suf...
Anthony Green
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association Anthony Green, R.A., artist, lived her...
Haydn Wood
Haydn Wood, 1882 - 1959, composer, a much-loved master of British light music...
James Hanley
James Hanley, 1897 - 1985, novelist and playwright, lived here. Lissenden Gar...
Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw, O.B.E., 1875 - 1958, composer, quiet revolutionary of English mu...
Other Subjects
Julian Wall
Londonist posted this plaque, asking for information on Wall. Brixton Society reported that a fellow former occupant replied "Julian Wall was a founder member of Carlton Mansions Housing co-operati...
1 memorial
Battersea Society
As so often happens, this group was formed to campaign against the proposed demolition of something, in this case Albert Bridge. Thankfully their campaign was successful and they have gone on to si...
4 memorials
Gloria Cummins
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. In the 1960s moved to Britain from Trinidad and became a psychiatric nurse in Kent. Married and moved to London, where she worked as a community re...
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Philmore 'Boots' Davidson
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. The Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) left Trinidad in July 1951 to take part in the Festival of Britain. Davidson was one of the 11 ...
1 memorial
Unison
The second largest trade union in the UK, formed from the merger of the COHSE, NALGO and NUPE unions. Its members work in the public services, for private contractors who provide public services an...
1 memorial
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