Fiction    From 1914  To 1940

Sunbeam

Children's comic published by James Henderson and Sons. It featured 'Dr Rhino's Jolly Jungle Boys' and 'Willie And Winnie And Wuffles The Pup'. Originally called 'Sparks' it went through various changes of name before becoming Sunbeam in 1920. It was eventually merged with 'Tiny Tots'.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Sunbeam

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Sunbeam Weekly and the Pilgrim's Pocket

The statue (next to a lamppost), comprises a (ghost of a) pilgrim father, loo...

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John Alan Watts

John Alan Watts

John Alan Watts was born 2 April 1927, together with his twin sister Joyce Constance Watts (1927-2022). They were the children of Harry Watts (b.1892) and Edith Watts née Bacon (1895-1944) and thei...

Person, Children

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
George Alexander Gratton

George Alexander Gratton

Born on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in 1808 to slave parents. Born with vitiligo, also known as piebaldism he was, as a baby, put on show in the capital, Kingstown. Aged 15 months he was ta...

Person, Children, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Association of Jewish Refugees

Association of Jewish Refugees

The AJR provides an extensive range of social and welfare services, and grants financial assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in Great Britain. The AJR’s plaque scheme honours p...

Group, Children, Community / Clubs, Religion

5 memorials
First Belgian School WW1

First Belgian School WW1

By June 1915, the population of Belgian refugees in Britain rose to 265,000. But we couldn't find anything on the web about the school in Cale Street.

Group, Children, Education, Belgium

1 memorial
Captain Thomas Coram

Captain Thomas Coram

Born Lyme Regis, Dorset, where there is now a commemorative tower. Pioneer in the cause of child welfare. He became a Captain in the Merchant Navy trading between England and America. For several ...

Person, Children, Social Welfare, USA

3 memorials