Erection date: 1987
Queen's Park Centenary
1887 - 1987
NW6, Queen's Park, Brondesbury
The plaque is on the wall beside the steps. It's a pity that the paint-brush operative hadn't been better trained.
Queen's Park was officially opened on 5 November 1887, which makes one wonder if fireworks figured in the opening celebrations.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bandstand - Queen's Park
An information board in the Park gives "The area that is now Queen's Park was...
This plaque is very decorative,with an ornate frame, at the top of which is a roundel showing a stag on a shield. It was perhaps not int...
According to Hockey Gods: "Charles Colville a former Stanley aide, and family friend was instructed in 1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston, t...
Brian May who was a student at Imperial said before the unveiling: "The first proper gig we did was at Imperial College in the Union Hall...
When we first spotted this memorial, in November 2004, there was just the plaque, no clock. By January 2007 the whole station had underg...
The "recreation ground in Tanner Street, SE1" is Tanner Street Park.
Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760. Notable as the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers (in Germany, against the French). Also the king w...
Russian-born theatrical designer who worked with ballet choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton from his first choreographed ballet in 1926 until her accidental death in 1953. Fedorovitch designed for s...
Person, Art, Craft / Design, Dance, Theatre, Tragedy, Russia
Built in 1830 by Sir William Dundas. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the flats there now. This extract comes from an 1893 map. The footprint is slightly different in this 1867 map.
Politician. Born Edwin Duncan Sandys at the Manor House, Sandford Orcas, Dorset. He entered parliament in 1935, the same year that he married Diana, the daughter of Winston Churchill. He served in ...
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