Richard Ansdell
W8, St Alban's Grove, 1, Atlantic House
Actually Lytham House is thought to be the tall Victorian building to the west of the low 1950s building.
2 subjects commemorated
Marquess of Salisbury opens building
W8, St Alban's Grove, 1, Atlantic House
British History On-line gives "This part of the site was rebuilt in 1951–5 for the College of Estate Management as a two-storey block in ...
1 creator
Marconi birth - Bologna
Via IV Novembre, Bologna, Italy
1907 was the year that a regular transatlantic radio-telegraph service begun and the year that Marconi was recognised with a Nobel Prize....
1 subject commemorated
Harmsworth - IWM
SE1, Lambeth Road, Imperial War Museum
The Harmsworth plaque is inside the entrance lobby to the Museum, just to the right of our photo.
War dead | WW1
7 subjects commemorated
7 subjects commemorated
Hammersmith Palais
W6, Shepherd's Bush Road, 230 - 236
Hammersmith Palais opened as a roller skating rink in 1910. Later it served as an ice rink and, most famously, as a 'palais de danse' wit...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Whales in The Thames
SE8, Foreshore
We were sceptical but a 2012 article in Time confirms: “Technically, the Queen still owns the sturgeons, whales and dolphins in the water...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
First murder on a train
E9, Cadogan Terrace, 129, Former 'Top O' the Morning' Public House
The plaque was first erected on the 2-storey pub that used to be here, the Mitford Castle, formerly the Top O' the Morning, closed in 201...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Smithfield - Poulters
EC1, East Poultry Avenue
A property in Budge Row was left to the Poulters in 1727. Pity the flanking stones don't say when the arms were removed since that proba...
1 subject commemorated
Smithfield - Butchers
EC1, East Poultry Avenue
The flanking stones don't really explain: Where did this crest come from (one of their 7 halls presumably, but which)? And why is it her...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Smithfield - Poultry Market opening
EC1, East Poultry Avenue
What is it with granite plaques? Surely by 1963 someone ought to have learnt, from all the Victorian ones, that they are practicably ill...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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