Ghost bike

Janina Gehlau

Janina was brought down by a left-turning lorry at about 11.30am on Friday 17 October 2014. She died 3 days later in hospital, the second cyclist in 6 months to be killed at this junction by a left-turning lorry.  On 4 April 2014 Victor Manuel Ben Rodriguez was killed here. 2015 "John Green, 53 of Wickford, Essex was today accused of causing death by careless driving."

Site: Janina Gehlau, Daily Courant, King Lud (4 memorials)

EC4, Ludgate Hill

Number 12, the eastern half of the building on this concave corner is, 2014, occupied by Leon, but it used to be the pub The King Lud. Built in 1870, architect Lewis H. Isaacs, the Lost Pubs Project has a picture of it in 1969. These 3 images of King Lud seem to be original to the building so we imagine it was built and opened as a pub with that name, prompted by the proximity of the supposed site of the old Lud Gate. The western half of this building (Santander) was built in 1872.

The Daily Courant plaque is to the lower right of the photograph.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Janina Gehlau

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Cyclist deaths

Much of the street research for LondonRemembers is done by bike. 820 cyclists...

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Janina Gehlau

Janina Gehlau, from Dusseldorf, Germany, was studying for a Masters degree an...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Janina Gehlau

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Daily Courant

Daily Courant

The Corporation of the City of London In a house near this site was publishe...

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King Lud - 2 entrances

King Lud - 2 entrances

The two Leon doorways are each topped with this bust.

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Nearby Memorials

Dan Cox

Dan Cox

E8, Kingsland Road

Dec 2012: Ross Corben tells us the bike has been moved to a new location, a little eastwards, on the north side of Dalston Lane.

2 subjects commemorated
Peter McGreal

Peter McGreal

E2, Hackney Road

2 subjects commemorated
Johannah Bailey

Johannah Bailey

SW12, Cavendish Road

In 2008 this small section of road had been identified as dangerous for cyclists and a formal report had been sent to TfL recommending a ...

2 subjects commemorated
Emma Foa

Emma Foa

NW1, Camley Street, junction Goodsway

The ghost bike has now gone but Camden Cyclists photographed it.

2 subjects commemorated
Ninian Donald

Ninian Donald

E2, Whiston Road

Ninian Donald, 1974 - 2007

2 subjects commemorated

Previously viewed

Thanet House

Thanet House

EC2, Aldersgate Street, Shaftesbury Place

Easy to miss, this plaque can be seen in our photo, framed by the bus stop shelter. Surely a few yards to the left would have been a bett...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
W. H. Bennett

W. H. Bennett

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lord Richard Attenborough, CBE

Lord Richard Attenborough, CBE

Actor, director, producer. Born Cambridge. Older brother of TV wildlife presenter Sir David. Died, aged 90 years, on 24 August 2014.

Person, Benefactor, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

1 memorial
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948. Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee that drafted it and our image shows her holding the Spanish...

Concept, Social Welfare

1 memorial