Battersea WW2 memorial
SW11, Cabul Road, Christchurch Gardens
The monument, first unveiled in 1952, was next to the ruins of a mid-19th century church which was bombed and destroyed during the war. R...
The monument, first unveiled in 1952, was next to the ruins of a mid-19th century church which was bombed and destroyed during the war. R...
2023: the building seems to be used by the Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery and also by the Godiva Printing Shop.
2023: the building seems to be used by the Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery and also by the Godiva Printing Shop.
We puzzled for some time about the uncomfortable layout, with two names crammed in under 'students' followed by 9 other names. Were the 9...
The three plaques are in a locked room which the staff kindly opened for us. See a photo taken at the unveiling of the Blanke plaque. W...
'fl' stands for 'floruit' (Latin) which means 'he or she flourished', and denotes the period during which a person was alive.
Kuti is a Trinity Laban alumnus. This plaque was first placed outside this block of buildings, beside a door on College Way, which is whe...
The Sun A public house called the Sun stood on this site from at least 1722. In September 1940 a wartime bomb landed on the pub killing 2...
We think a plaque commemorating the Willesden men who served in the South Africa, 1899 - 1900 may have been displayed in this building. H...
In 1997 someone saw this plaque and posted about it on an on-line forum, with no photo. All the post said was that the plaque commemorat...