Erection date: 14/3/2020
Andrea Levy, 1956 - 2019, novelist and chronicler of the British Caribbean experience, lived here at flat 105, 1956 - 1974.
London Borough of Islington
Islington Heritage Plaque
N5, Elwood Street, Twyford House
A nice art deco entrance. Built by the LCC on the Blackstock estate.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Andrea Levy
Born at the Whittington Hospital to Jamaican parents and and grew up in Twyfo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Andrea Levy
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