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HERBERT MORRISON AT LAMBETH TOWN HALL, BRIXTON CENTRAL

HERBERT MORRISON AT LAMBETH TOWN HALL, BRIXTON CENTRAL

Herbert Morrison (1888-1965), seen here at a council meeting with Mayor James William Darsley and his wife, Margaret Darsley, September 1950 . Born in Lambeth, Morrison was Minister of Transport in 1929, Home Secretary during World WarII and made a life peer, Lord Morrison of Lambeth, in 1959. The wartime Morrison shelters were named after him, as were Morrison Primary School and Morrison Terrace in Brixton Road.
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Collection:Public Relations Photographs
Image type:Photograph
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Ref:02091
Identifier:LBL/CE/PR/2/10q
Date:1950

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