A youth work pioneer who produced an early comprehensive youth work text - and helped to found the London Union of Girls Clubs. Daughter of Lady Stanley. Founded the Soho Club and Home for Working Girls. See the Picture Source website for details.
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Maud(e) Stanley
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Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
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Hebra Gemilut Hasadim
This phrase translates as "Society for Deeds of Loving Kindness", a Jewish Benevolent Society. It was established on the site where Albert Stern House now is and included a hospital for sick poor a...
1 memorial
Newlon Housing Trust
From the picture source website: "Newlon Housing Trust was established in 1967 when philanthropic members of the New London Synagogue decided to club together to buy properties that could be rented...
2 memorials
Sir Reginald Rowe
Wrote the forward to the 1942 biography of Octavia Hill by E. Moberly Bell. The Improved Tenements Association was set up in 1900. From The London Journal: "As a concession to the societies, and t...
1 memorial
Lady Walston
Chairman of the Pulford Street Site Committee.  Her generosity enabled the building of a new social centre (Walston House) on the Tachbrook Estate. We haven't managed to prove it but we believe th...
Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, USA
1 memorial
Air Raid Precautions (ARP)
In WW2 each local council was responsible for setting up the local ARP to protect civilians from air raids. ARP Wardens were important members, enforcing the blackout, sounding the alarms, etc.
2 memorials
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