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The characters Del Boy and family live in a flat called Nelson Mandela House. This popular British television sitcom was broadcasted by the BBC between 1981 - 1991 with sporadic specials until 2003

Nelson Mandela Close in Harlesden, Borough of Brent NW10 8BQ

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1981

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Nelson Mandela Road, Borough of Kent

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1981

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Glasgow

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4 August 1981

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The Scroll was accepted on behalf of Mandela by Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr Ekwueme (Alex). Presented by Lord Provost Mr Michael Kelly. The scroll, known as the Burgess Ticket, was to be kept in Government House, Lagos and "when M gains M's freedom in I hope, the not too distant future, he will be able to come to Lagos to receive it"

City of Glasgow named a room after Mandela in the City of Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery

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1983

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Elected Honorary Life President of the Student's Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science

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1983

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A scholarship was established in his name

Nelson Mandela street in Cardiff

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1983

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Nelson Mandela ornamental garden in High Street, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, HU1 1NQ

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1 May 1983

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The garden links the East Riding Museum, the Streetlife Museum and Wilberforce House

Mandela Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM17

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18 July 1983

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Amalgated Union of Engineering Workers AUEW (TASS), one of Britain’s major trade unions (a leading white-collar union), held a special ceremony to rename their executive committee room the "Nelson Mandela Room"

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18 July 1983

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Freedom of the London Borough of Greenwich in appreciation of his service to Greenwich and his contribution to world peace

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20 July 1983, reconfirmed in 2012

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Agreed by special resolution in 1983, sealed in 1993 and re-affirmed in 2012

Honorary Membership for Nelson and Winnie Mandela from the National and Local Government Officers Association [NALGO], one of the leading local authority unions in Britain

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26 November 1983

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NALGO no longer exists as an independent organisation and is now part of UNISON

People’s Gallery in London named one of their rooms the 'Nelson Mandela Room'

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December 1983

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Mandela Gardens, in Calveley Street

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1983-12-10

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It was renovated and its name changed to Millennium Square in 2000. On 30 April 2001 when Mandela received Freedom of the Ciy of Leeds, Mandela re-dedicated the city's Mandela Garden, which first opened in 1983 in support of South Africa's struggle for equality. The garden includes a bronze statue, entitled "both arms" by Kenneth Armitage.

New offices of Council of Haringway are named after Mandela

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1984

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Haringey Borough Council named a housing development 'Nelson Mandela'

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1984

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Elected Honorary Member of the Students Association at the University of Strathclyde

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1984

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Students of Warwick University Student Union named a room in honour of Nelson Mandela

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1984

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Students of South Bank Polytechnic Student Union named a room in honour of Nelson Mandela

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1984

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Students of Coventry University Student Union named a room in honour of Nelson Mandela

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1984

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Mandela Street in Camden, previously it was called Selous Street

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March 1984

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Music recording ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ by the British group The Special AKA

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15 March 1984

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Calendar notes: Madiba records sell well. Record calling for the release of Nelson Mandela has made a big impression on pop charts after only one week "Free Nelson Mandela" by the Special AKA - a multi-racial group - is No 4 on Capitol Radio charts & no 68 on the national charts

Nelson Mandela Housing Block in Hackney, London

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April 1984

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Mandela Centre (Community Centre) on Chapeltown Road

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9 June 1984

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At the Mandela Centre, a community service centre in the middle of a poor Afro-Caribbean estate hang large photos and billboards of Nelson Mandela in his youth and after his release from prison

Freedom of the City of Liverpool

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1 July 1984

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Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

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29 November 1984, presented 9 Octobe

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Award admitting and receiving Mr Mandela as a Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen, UK

City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

Honorary Doctorate of Laws of the University of Lancaster

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4 December 1984

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Conferred in 1984 and presented in December 1984

Mandela Way in Borough of Southwalk SE 1

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1985

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Inland Revenue Staff Federation (IRSF) named its Commonwealth Trade Union Scholarship after Nelson Mandela

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1985

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The union is now called the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). The scholarship programme does not exist anymore

Third World Prize from the Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies, awarded jointly to Nelson and Winnie Mandela

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1985

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The prize is conferred on individuals or institutions for outstanding contribution to Third World development. The prize was accepted by Oliver Tambo in 1986.

Nottingham City Council names a room in a Sports Centre after Mr Mandela