'HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF BOW
39 BOW ROAD
A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE LANSBURY
WHO LIVED FOR 23 YEARS IN THE HOUSE
FORMERLY ON THIS SITE
MAYOR OF POPLAR, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
MINISTER OF THE CROWN AND PRIVY COUNCILLOR
HE WAS A GREAT SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE OF BOW'
'GEORGE LANSBURY
(1859–1940)
MEMBER OF THE POPLAR BOROUGH COUNCIL
1903 – 1940
MAYOR
1919–20 & 1936–37
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
MINISTER OF THE CROWN
PRIVY COUNCILLOR
A GREAT SERVANT
OF THE PEOPLE
THE HOUSE WHICH STOOD HERE WAS
HIS HOME FOR 23 YEARS AND THIS
GARDEN WAS CREATED IN HIS MEMORY
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
1955'
Minnie Lansbury was George's daughter-in-law.
'THE CLOCK ABOVE WAS ERECTED
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
IN MEMORY OF
ALDERMAN MINNIE LANSBURY
WHO AFTER A LIFE DEVOTED TO THE
SERVICE OF THE POOR OF THIS BOROUGH,
DIED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1922,
AGED 32 YEARS.'
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