London Remembers

1872 - 1884: This building housed Beckenham's first volunteer fire brigade, using a cart pulled by horses borrowed from nearby residents and traders whenever a fire broke out. The lion's head spout was used to refresh the horses with water piped from the Thames by the then Lambeth Water Company.
Erected at the millennium by Copers Cope Area Residents' Association

{Either side of a portrait bust of Charles Jones:}
Charles Jones 1830
M.Inst.C.E., F.S.I. 1913

{Below the bust, the following text either side of the Ealing Council crest and the motto, Respice Prospice:}
Fifty yrs surveyor and engineer to the Ealing Local Authority from 25 May 1863 until his decease 24 Aug 1913.
Lamented, regretted.
Circumspice

This garden celebrates the contribution of the myriad Black feet which walked upon this and other lands. In particular the descendants of pioneers who travelled filled with hope from the Caribbean in 1948 on board MV Empire Windrush, helping to establish multi-cultural Britain.

{Main plaque, around pictures of Gresley and Flying Scotsman and Mallard locomotives:}
Sir Nigel Gresley 1876 - 1941.
Sir Nigel Gresley lived in Hadley Wood in 1923 - 29 and used this station daily. He designed powerful, elegant and fast locomotives, including the world-famous Flying Scotsman and Mallard, which still holds the world speed record for steam locomotives. ...