George VI and National Institute for the Deaf bronze plaque

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# 105 Gower Street Standing before 105 Gower Street, you're witnessing the site of a pivotal moment in both royal duty and deaf advocacy: on June 11th, 1936, the then-Duke of York—who would become King George VI just months later—officially opened this building as the permanent headquarters of the ...

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105 Gower Street

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This building was opened as the headquarters of the National Institute for the Deaf by His Majesty King George VI when HRH the Duke of York on the 11th day of June 1936.