Wandsworth to celebrate key figures and places
June 15, 2009 by Martin Hoscik · 4 Comments
Wandsworth council has launched a new ‘Green Plaque’ scheme to commemorate famous or historically important people with connections to the borough.
Those to be celebrated include Actress Margaret Rutherford and London’s first black mayor John Archer.
The scheme will also mark historically important places within the borough including Tibbett’s Corner where many notorious highwaymen were hanged, and Ramport Studios, where The Who recorded some of their most famous albums.
The first plaque, of former prime minister Clement Attlee, will be unveiled during the first-ever Wandsworth Heritage Festival, which runs throughout June.
Executive member for environment and leisure, Cllr Sarah McDermott, said: “We’re very proud of our borough and its rich history, and this simple and effective scheme is a way of providing a lasting tribute to people and places of historical importance.”
What has this to do with the Mayor of London.
This is a Wandworth Council press release, and though it is an interesting story, has nothing to do with GLA, Assembly, the Mayor, London Councils or other pan-London issue.
Hi Sean
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I like it! Margaret Rutherford’s my favourite actress.
Nice re-design, by the way.
I live in Wandsworth and I would rather see my council tax money going on slightly more useful things at this moment in time.
For starters Wandsworth need to start paying the £1.6m bill they managed to gte lumbered with when another instrument of Government failed.
http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/ministers-refuse-to-act-over-wandsworth-16m-compensation-bill/20097257
This is typical of Wandsworth, adding fancy icing to a cake that tastes like a dusty brick.