Richard was an innocent victim of gang warfare. Aged 15 he was murdered on his way home from playing football. He and his friends were confronted by around 20 older boys and Richard stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife as he tried to run to safety. The attack was said to be in revenge for a jewellery mugging by another Somers Town boy a day before – an event in which Richard played no part.
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Richard Norman Everitt
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Richard Everitt - bench
In loving memory of our dear son Richard Norman Everitt, born 1978, died 1994...
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Anna Kendall
Headteacher of Christ Church Primary School, 1992 - 2009. The image comes from a 2010 interview.
Queenie Isabella White
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The Children's Fold
A Barnardo's home, also referred to as Sheppard's House. It was established around 1887 at 182 Grove Road, E3. Its address is sometimes given as 180 Grove Road, so may have expanded into the neighb...
East London Toy Factory
Opened by Sylvia Pankhurst as an answer to the dozens of tiny failing workshops where women were paid a pittance. Toys were no longer being imported from Germany, so the factory employed 59 women t...
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