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The Clapham Society

Categories: Community / Clubs, History

The Clapham Society

A society founded with the aim of improving the quality of life in Clapham and to strengthen its identity and sense of community.

Initiated a Green Plaque Scheme in 2011 to commemorate interesting buildings in Clapham.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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The Clapham Society

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Clapham Common deep shelter

Clapham Common deep shelter. Built 1942. Troop hostel & government use ar...

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Clapham fire station

The Lodge, built 1868. Clapham fire station 1868 - 1902. The Clapham Society

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Clapham Odeon

Odeon Cinema, 1938 - 1972, refurbished 1999 as foyer apartments. The Clapham ...

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Clapham Old Coroners Court

43 Netherford Road, Coroners Court, 1901 - 1930. LCC Weights and Measures Off...

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Clapham Parochial School

Clapham Parochial School, 1839 - 1974, converted to residential use 1999. The...

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Old Clapham Library

Old Clapham Library

The library on Clapham Common North Side was envisioned by Reverend George Forrester, Vicar of St Paul’s Church; Henry Bulcraig, a churchwarden of Holy Trinity Church, and William A Guesdon. It ope...

Building, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Sister Monica Tywang

Sister Monica Tywang

Born in Trinidad, Tywang moved to England in the 1960s, aged 13. Ten years later, she entered the Daughters of Wisdom, a convent, and trained as a nurse in Blackpool before settling in London. Her ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Religion, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Silvester Schiele

Silvester Schiele

Coal merchant and co-founder of Rotary International.

Person, Commerce, Community / Clubs, USA

1 memorial
50 years of Lionism in the British Isles

50 years of Lionism in the British Isles

Lions Clubs International were begun on 7 June 1917 in America by a Chicago businessman.  The first Lions Club in the UK was formed in London in 1950. From LionsMD105: "We are one of the largest se...

Event, Benefactor, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Friends of St George's Gardens

Friends of St George's Gardens

Their website describes the gardens thus: "An oasis of calm used every week by hundreds of people living and working in London WC1."

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial