Mural

Bloomsbury/Ridgmount Petrol Station

Erection date: 2011

Inscription

{There is no inscription on the mural, but it contains the text (in part):}
Ridgmount Petrol Station
Bedford {on a sign apparently attached to the roof of a car}
Shell {on a petrol pump}

{Bottom right corner:}
Brian James 2011

Site: Bloomsbury/Ridgmount Petrol Station (2 memorials)

WC1, Ridgmount Street, 2

The 'B' plaque is at the top right of the wall.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bloomsbury/Ridgmount Petrol Station

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Bloomsbury/Ridgmount Petrol Station

As one of the last local petrol stations in London, it was nominated for list...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bloomsbury/Ridgmount Petrol Station

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Brian James

Artist. He specialises in pictures of cars, and a lot of his work is in the a...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Bloomsbury/Ridgmount Petrol Station

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Bedford 2012

Bedford 2012

{Beneath a crown:} B 2012

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