Charles Vickery Drysdale blue plaque


Connection to This Location
# 153a East Street, Walworth Standing before 153a East Street in 1921, Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale made a bold decision that would reshape reproductive healthcare in Britain: he opened the nation's first birth control clinic in this modest Walworth building, choosing a working-class neighbourhood w...
Location
153a East Street, Walworth, Southwark, SE17
Inscription
Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale 1874-1961 a founder of the Family Planning Association opened his first birth control clinic here in 1921