This bench is dedicated to the memory of many loyal Arsenal supporters, Arsenal Stadium 1913 - 2006
Our photo shows less than a quarter of this long bench. It's so long you can see it from space, i.e. in Google Satellite View.
N5, Avenell Road, Arsenal Stadium
The bench is in one section of the rather maze-like divided gardens now occupying the pitch which was once hallowed ground.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Arsenal supporters bench
Often referred to as 'Gooners', being a play on the team's nickname of the 'G...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Arsenal supporters bench
Founded by munitions workers in Woolwich, under the name 'Dial Square'. This ...
A nearby information board gives a good history of the Embankment: The first person to suggest a river embankment was Sir Christopher Wr...
The PMSA page for this memorial informs that the 1925 bronze statue was already missing in October 1999 and that the sculptor was P. Lind...
This pediment comes from the Victorian barracks. From British History Online - Victorian barracks: “The riding-school's front to Hyde Par...
Our photo shows the 3 memorials in a line, from the back: flagpole, Dimmer, Skylon. Photos of this stretch of riverside just before the ...
The quoted text comes at the end of Chapter 13 of 'Little Dorrit' by Charles Dickens, the 'him' being Arthur Clennam. The Victorian Socie...
British army regiment. Formed from volunteer units in the Surrey suburbs and was part of the London Regiment in the Territorial Force. When the London Regiment was abolished, the unit reverted to t...
For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. Our image comes from Wikipedia's photo captioned 'First West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7'. This 'Councillor R. Fielder' is p...
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