This lamp was removed from the police station at 277 Upper Street, Islington, N1 upon closing of that station on 7th April 1992.
The text comes from a small brass plaque in the blind window below the lamp.
N1, Tolpuddle Street, 2, Police Station
There is another blue lamp at the old Gerald Road Police Station, much earlier than this one, which is perhaps from the 1930s.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Blue lamp
Police Station at 277 Upper Street, Islington, N1.The picture source website ...
11 names are totally illegible and so are not included under Subjects commemorated. A few others are too weather-worn to to be totally l...
Three churches and two clock towers have been built on this site, but nothing remains today. A modern information board (which you can se...
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Founded by C. R. Ashbee in 1894, the first volume being published in 1900. With over 28 volumes published so far this is a research work-in-progress aiming to produce a comprehensive architectural ...
Literary antiquarian. Born Co. Durham. Trained as a lawyer and from 1780 had chambers in Gray's Inn where he specialised in conveyancing. Odd in a number of ways: aged 20 converted to vegetarian...
Clergyman and anti-slavery campaigner. Born Clapham, son of the vicar at the time. 1792, under John Thornton's will, appointed rector of Clapham, a post he held until his death and where he was a...
This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east...
Born in Cardiff as William Goscombe John but he adopted Goscombe. He travelled across Europe and studied with Rodin. Worked in the "new sculpture" style. When he and his wife Marthe returned to the...
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