Ben and Charles Buck proposed a home for the socialist, radical and trades union people of Walthamstow in 1903. Funded by workers who bought bricks and organised sponsored bike rides and social events, it was built by volunteer craftsmen on Sunday mornings. The completed building was opened by Walter Crane. It is now occupied by the Limes Community and Children’s Centre.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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William Morris Hall
William Morris Hall Financed by local subscription and erected by voluntary l...
Socialist and pacifist. Born Ada Brown at Raunds, Northamptonshire. She joined the West London Mission to work among the London poor, and in 1897 transferred to the Bermondsey Settlement, where she...
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Depending on different sources, it is the oldest, or second oldest lodge in the Craft Province of Masonry.
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