George Green School Clock - East India Dock Road, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 30.667 W 000° 00.967
30U E 707048 N 5710887
This clock was placed to commemorate the centenary of the first George Green's School in Poplar. The centenary was from 1828 to 1928. The building now houses Tower Hamlets College.
Waymark Code: WMPMCZ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/20/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The bronze plaque, around the corner from the clock reads:

The George Green Association

This clock was presented
by members of the Association
pupils and other friends
of the school as a
Centennial Memorial
and in remembrance of the founder
George Green

4th October 1928

The Exploring East London website [visit link] tells us:

On a building in East India Dock Road. This was originally George Green School, and the clock was made in 1928 to mark the centenary of the school. George Green was a shipbuilder who used much of the money he made for communal purposes.

The Dijitalimaj website [visit link] adds:

The school was founded by George Green, a successful ship builder from Poplar, who became a wealthy man, but he spent the bulk of his wealth on charitable works. He founded almshouses, sailors? homes, a chapel and, in particular, schools. In 1828 the first George Green?s School was founded at the corner of Chrisp Street and East India Dock Road. This building was replaced in 1884 by one at the corner of Kirby Street and East India Dock Road. Finally, in January 1976 the present George Green?s came into being at the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs, facing the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. This, the second building is still in use as part of Tower Hamlets College, the Financial Skills Academy.

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