If you’re going to do something, do it properly, right?
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London County Council / Greater London Council / Boroughs of Greater London pre and post 1965
If you’re going to do something, do it properly, right?
Read MoreThere is often great pleasure to be had when you open a book and something unexpected falls out of it…
Read MoreThe Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London thought Epsom & Ewell should be part of Greater London. So did the Government. The local residents had other ideas…
Read MoreIf you have ever wondered why the Greater London boundary is an odd shape, then here is the tale of how this eccentric border came into being…
Read MoreApril 2019 sees the closure of Hounslow Civic Centre after 44 years of service and I was lucky enough to go on a tour of this great building in its final month…
Read MoreI have long enjoyed collecting school (and other) certificates from the London County Council. For some reason, I always find myself strangely moved by them – they offer little glimpses into the proud and hard earned achievements of persons unknown…
Read MoreNow it is time to consider the final bunch of authorities for whom no local agreement on proposed names was reached, leaving a series of squabbles of varying degrees of intensity…
Read MoreThe problem of double-barrelled names…
Read MoreHere is a tale of political expediency, Civil Service pragmatism, frequent local outrage and, in one particular instance, Establishment stitch up…
Read MoreWhen an email arrived from the London Society offering the chance to tour Hackney Town Hall, I found myself booked on it within three minutes. Here are some pictures from its fabulous refurbishment…
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