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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hospital / Clinic
- District
- Ealing
- Town
- Acton
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 1 October 1954
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17901
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Current location
London Transport Museum Depot
2 Museum Way
118-120 Gunnersbury La
Acton
Ealing
Greater London
W3 9BQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 193 797
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY BUILDING
MANOR HOUSE HOSPITAL
North End Rd
Golders Green
Barnet
Greater London
NW11
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 260 870
Denomination: Undefined
- PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY BUILDING
- Description
- PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT MANOR HOSPITAL WITH DEDICATORY TABLETS OVER THE ENTRANCE DOORWAY, INCLUDING A MOTORBUS TO THE LEFT AND A TROLLEYBUS TO THE RIGHT. LABORATORY HAD A LIBRARY, OPERATING THEATRE AND AREAS FOR RESEARCH INTO INDUSTRIAL DISEASES. TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION BADGE OVER THE ENTRANCE.
- Inscription
- LONDON TRANSPORT WORKERS/ 1939 1945/ MEMORIAL LABORATORY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Concrete
- Building
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- 1999: HOSPITAL SOLD TO A DEVELOPER SO FUTURE OF THE BUILDING IS UNCERTAIN. The restoration of the tablets was planned in 2002 after removal.
- Costs
Comments: Building: £10,000; furnishing and equipment £3,500.
Memorial: £13,500- Trust fund/Scholarship
- Yes
Purpose: The cost of the laboratory was raised from 120 London Transport branches of the Transport & General Workers Union, and the balance of £2,500 handed to the Chairman of the Hospital to found a medical research fund. - Sponsorship
- Corporate,other
- Responsibility
- (tablets) London Transport Museum (ref. 2000/ 15806)
- Reference
- London Transport Magazine v.8 No.9 p.12 (Dec. 1954);v.9 No.7 p.6 (Oct. 1955)
- Friends of the London Transport Museum Newsletter No.68 (Ap. 2002) Published:London Transport Museum
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