Charles Vickery Drysdale blue plaque

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# 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...

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153a East Street, Walworth, Southwark, SE17

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Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale 1874-1961 a founder of the Family Planning Association opened his first birth control clinic here in 1921