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21 unusual facts about Greater London Council


Bletchley

In the early 1960s, there was a further substantial expansion of the town, with people from London being relocated by the Greater London Council, mainly to a London overspill estate to the south of Water Eaton.

Bronwyn Hill

Hill joined the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1981, where she worked on transport planning policy.

Colin Stansfield Smith

He worked in various architect's offices, including the LCC and the GLC in London.

Dharmachari Subhuti

Subhuti was influential in the building of the London Buddhist Centre, which opened in 1978, and he helped to raise funds from the Greater London Council for its completion.

Eva Jiřičná

In 1968, Jiřičná moved to London, working as an architect with the Greater London Council.

Greater London Council

The GLA has a very different structure to the GLC, consisting of a directly elected Mayor of London and a London Assembly.

Harold Shearman

He was Chairman of the London County Council and subsequently first Chairman from 1964-66 of the Greater London Council, Chairman of the Inner London Educational Authortiy, President from 1962-71 of the School Journey Association, and a member of the Robbins Committee.

Jane Smart

In 1985, New Scientist journal reported that Dr. Smart provided her expertise to the Greater London Council in creating urban wildlife sites such as wildflower meadows on school grounds or attracting wildlife to factory grounds.

London local elections, 1964

The result followed the convincing Labour gain of the new Greater London Council in the first GLC elections held on 9 April.

London local elections, 1968

The result followed the Conservative gain of the Greater London Council in the elections the previous year.

London Municipal Society

It was a Liberal Unionist society, and was wound up in 1963, following the legislation that would create the Greater London Council.

Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England

In 1986 the county councils of the metropolitan counties and the Greater London Council were abolished by Margaret Thatcher's government following disputes with central government, but the counties themselves remained legally in existence.

New Ash Green

Originally, the Greater London Council was going to buy 450 of the properties for renting.

Polish Solidarity Campaign

In April 1981, a march in support of Solidarność was organized by the Hands Off Polish Workers campaign, a group linked to the Labour leadership of the Greater London Council.

Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London

The London Government Act 1963 came into effect on 1 April 1965, with the creation of the Greater London Council and thirty-two London borough councils.

Twin Trading

1985 Twin and Twin Trading established (launched as the Third World Information Network with the support of the Greater London Council)

United Kingdom local elections, 1977

The results were a major mid-term setback for the Labour government, and the Conservatives, the main opposition, comprehensively regained control of the Greater London Council with 64 seats against Labour's 28.

Water Eaton, Milton Keynes

By the date of designation of Milton Keynes, it had already been virtually absorbed by the 1960s Greater London Council-built London overspill district known as the Lakes Estate.

Workspace Group

The company was founded under the name London Industrial in 1987 as a vehicle for the disposal of the commercial property assets of the defunct Greater London Council.

Founded in 1987 by the privatisation of property assets of the former Greater London Council, the company lets office, industrial and workshop space to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Wyldes Farm

A Greater London Council blue plaque, placed in 1975, commemorates Linnell and Blake at the house.


Bingfield Park

The Park has existed since about 1970 when the Beaconsfield Buildings (built by the Victoria Dwellings Association — Patron Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister, the Earl of Beaconsfield.) were purchased by the Greater London Council and demolished.

Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman

Although widely regarded as a liberal, he upheld the blasphemy conviction of Gay News (1979), punctured the GLC's Fares Fair low-cost public transport policy (1981), and supported the banning of trade unions at GCHQ (1985).

Renata von Tscharner

Prior to starting the Charles River Conservancy, she was a principal of The Townscape Institute, Assistant City Planner in Berne, Switzerland, and Planning Officer with the Greater London Council’s Covent Garden Task Force.

Theatres Trust

These freeholds were transferred to the Trust by the London Residuary Body, following the abolition of the Greater London Council, to protect and ensure the continued operation of the theatres.

West Cross Route

The WCR and the other roads planned in the 1960s for central London had developed from early schemes prior to the Second World War through Sir Patrick Abercrombie's County of London Plan, 1943 and Greater London Plan, 1944 to a 1960s Greater London Council (GLC) scheme that would have involved the construction of many miles of motorway-standard roads across the city and demolition on a massive scale.

Wolsingham Community College

Sir Harold Shearman, Labour politician, Chairman from 1964-66 of the Greater London Council, and President from 1962-71 of the School Journey Association, and member of the Robbins Committee.