Queen Elizabeth's Oak
SE10, Greenwich Park
The old tree is presumably gradually being decomposed by beetles and the like. The new tree may be the one to the far right of our picture.
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Tower subway
EC3, Tower Hill
The original entrance was demolished in 1926 and replaced with this little tower.
2 subjects commemorated
Wright and Docking
EC3, Lower Thames Street
An off-the-shelf gravestone unusually used as a memorial outside of a cemetery.
2 subjects commemorated
Natasha Baker gold post box
UB8, High Street, Uxbridge
The Braille is a nice touch (ha, ha) but the plaque, on the back of the box, looks pretty cheap, and cheaply fixed - we won't be surprise...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Camden stables
NW1, Canal tow path, Camden Market
The phone box has a footprint about equal to that of 4 normal boxes and seems to be used as an office by the security staff. We think ...
1 subject commemorated
Sundial - Liverpool Road
N7, Liverpool Road, 344
This 1820s terrace, numbers 338 - 344, of semi-detached villas was listed in 1975 but that doesn't tell us what happened in 1903 that was...
St Mary's Hospital - Fifth Army
W2, Norfolk Place, St Mary's Hospital - Cambridge wing
The red fox was the insignia of the Fifth Army.
2 subjects commemorated
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
TW20, Cooper's Hill Lane
The poem was apparently written soon after the memorial was completed. Photo of the engraving. The “ML, 7 April 1952” is probably the f...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
Davey
E1, Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden
Most of the text is professionally carved but 'Davey' is less skillful. Something about this memorial makes us think that Davey was a pet.
1 subject commemorated
Poppy window
W2, Connaught Place, 16
We photographed this at first just because it is such a lovely window. Then we noticed that the flowers are poppies, well known to comme...
2 subjects commemorated
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