Plaque

Chaplin mosaics 1

Inscription

Southbank Mosaics

Site: Chaplin mosaics (5 memorials)

SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall

We've numbered the mosaics left to right. The text plaque is to the right of the curved wall, just out of sight. Chaplin certainly lived his early life in the Lambeth area but we can find nothing to associate him with Lambeth Walk.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Charlie Chaplin

Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in East Street, Walworth (possibly, see Londonis...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, i...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

The BFI date the Hippodrome performance to Christmas 1900. The quote about a ...

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Chaplin mosaics 2

Chaplin mosaics 2

This image is from the 1918 'A Dog's Life'.

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Chaplin mosaics 4

Chaplin mosaics 4

This image is from the 1921 'The Kid'.

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Nearby Memorials

Lamb & Flag - pub information board

Lamb & Flag - pub information board

WC2, Rose Street, Lamb & Flag pub

This plaque implicates De Keroualle in the attack on Dryden whereas it's more usual for responsibility to be squarely laid on Rochester, ...

4 subjects commemorated
John Richard Green - W1

John Richard Green - W1

W1, Beaumont Street, 4

From UCL: "In 1909 the LCC put up a memorial tablet, re-set in 1925 when the old house was rebuilt as part of the Duchess Nursing Home. T...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Bethlehem Hospital - first

Bethlehem Hospital - first

EC2, Liverpool Street

Site of the first Bethlehem Hospital 1247 - 1676. The Corporation of the City of London

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
John Blanke - Trinity Laban Conservatoire

John Blanke - Trinity Laban Conservatoire

SE10, College Way, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music

'fl' stands for 'floruit' (Latin) which means 'he or she flourished', and denotes the period during which a person was alive.

4 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Raymond Montague Burton - Greenwich

Raymond Montague Burton - Greenwich

SE10, Nelson Road / Greenwich High Road

We thank our colleague Alan Patient for providing the photographs of the plaques.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator