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The blue plaques The four blue plaques are dedicated to Dominic Barbieri, Phoebe Cusden, Henry Addington and Thomas Huntley. Mr Barbieri was an Italian theologian who was prominent in spreading Catholicism in England and died in Reading. His plaque is on a modern block of flats on Caversham Road before the railway bridge. Ms Cusden was an educationalist, peace campaigner, socialist, feminist and Reading councillor, who was once mayor of Reading and founded the Reading Dusseldorf Association in 1947. Her blue plaque can normally be found on Castle Street but is currently not on displ...

The Story of the Effingham-Beresford Backlands Posted by Hugh on July 16, 2020 at 15:29 in History of Harringay The development of the Harringay Ladder was tightly controlled, both by the covenants imposed by the land vendor, the British Land Company and through the supervision of building quality by Hornsey & Tottenham Councils. Some of the builds were considered so poor that Hornsey Council had the builders tear down some houses and start again. With the exception of churches, schools, council work depots and retail development along Green Lanes and at either end of Wightman Road, almost a...