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Originally the Alf Evans Memorial Home built as a convalescence home for the National Union of Printing, Bookbinders and Paper Workers | Originally the Alf Evans Memorial Home built as a convalescence home for the National Union of Printing, Bookbinders and Paper Workers. | ||
Opened in October 1958 by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Denis Truscot, a leading figure in the printing industry. | Opened in October 1958 by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Denis Truscot, a leading figure in the printing industry. | ||
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| Grosvenor Park, 26 Brookfield Road | |
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| LL ref: | 280 |
| Start date: | 3 October 1958 |
| Architect: | Francis Daly |
| Builder: | unknown |
| Original use: | Residential |
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Originally the Alf Evans Memorial Home built as a convalescence home for the National Union of Printing, Bookbinders and Paper Workers.
Opened in October 1958 by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Denis Truscot, a leading figure in the printing industry. It was named after Alf Evans, an important trade union leader in the Edwardian era who was a strong advocate of women’s trade unionism, actively encouraging the growth of female membership.
A bust to the union leader stood in the gardens facing the sea but has been lost. The union closed the home just 5 years later when it became a care home, Homewarr House being added to its east flank in 1986 (not proposed for local listing).