Lord Ashfield - W1
W1, South Street, 43
Note the use of London Underground’s own typeface, Johnston Sans. 2020: This house was up for sale and the estate agents noted that Ashf...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Munich Olympics 40 years
E8, Richmond Road, 205, Arthaus
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris Johnson unveiled the free-standing plaque on the 23rd, and that ...
12 subjects commemorated,
7 creators
Jimi Hendrix Experience
W1, Kingly Street, 9
July 2023: Priscila Caroline do Nascimento reported that both these plaques have gone, so we've marked them as 'lost'. We first spotted t...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
McCartney and Eastman
W1, Kingly Street, 9
Linda and Paul met when they both attended a Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames gig here.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Old London Bridge
SE1, Queen's Walk
Looking across the river you can see the low roof of St Magnus the Martyr between the two modern blocks.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Nancy's Steps - plaque 1
SE1, Montague Close
The plaques both have the facts wrong; in the novel Nancy is murdered in her house. It is in the 1960 musical Oliver! that she is murdere...
5 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Cholera - Lambeth - 1848-9
SE1, Albert Embankment
We are tempted to write a letter to the Times ourselves, bemoaning the excessive length of the text on this plaque: "We trust it is not a...
7 subjects commemorated
Holborn Town Hall - Army
WC1, High Holborn, former Holborn Town Hall, 193-7
At British Military Badges we found a similar plaque on sale for £250: “Moulded ivory coloured bakelite wall plaque. Measures approx. 35 ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Holborn Town Hall - RAF
WC1, High Holborn, former Holborn Town Hall, 193-7
Frinton & Walton agree with our thoughts that the “McM” probably indicates the artist but report that even the De La Rue archivist ca...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Lionism in the British Isles
W1, Park Lane
The wall this plaque is on possibly belongs to the Inter-Continental Hotel but there was another building here in 1950; probably a hotel ...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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