Plaque

Bob Marley - NW2

Erection date: 8/9/2012

Inscription

The third world's first superstars Bob Marley & The Wailers lived here in 1972.
Federation of Reggae Music
Brent Council

From Jamaica Observer: The building ... was home to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny 'Wailer' Livingston, Aston 'Family Man' Barrett and his brother Carlton Barrett in 1972. They were in England doing promotional dates with American soul singer Johnny Nash.

Site: Bob Marley - NW2 (1 memorial)

NW2, The Circle, 15

See also Brent.

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

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bob Marley - NW2

Subjects commemorated i

The Wailers

Reggae Band. Originally formed by Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh...

Read More

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley, singer, lyricist and Rastafarian icon. His reggae songs ...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bob Marley - NW2

Created by i

Brent Council

London Borough. Formed from the Municipal Boroughs of Wembley and Willesden o...

Read More

Federation of Reggae Music

Music Company. Their activity is recorded as supporting activities to perform...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Margaret Rutherford - Wimbledon

Margaret Rutherford - Wimbledon

SW19, Berkeley Place, 4

Dame Margaret Rutherford, 1892 - 1972, actress, lived here, 1895 - 1920. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Atkinsons Carillon

Atkinsons Carillon

W1, Old Bond Street, 24

In the photograph of the building the plaque is at the corner, behind the right-most man of the group of three.

1 subject commemorated
Seacole - Soho Square

Seacole - Soho Square

W1, Soho Square, 14

Greater London Council Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Lloyds Coffee House

Lloyds Coffee House

EC3, Lombard Street, 15

Site of Lloyds Coffee House, 1691 - 1785. Corporation of London

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Paddington and St Marylebone Boy Scouts

Paddington and St Marylebone Boy Scouts

W9, Randolph Avenue, Paddington Recreation Ground

A circle around a dot is the boy scouts' tracking symbol meaning 'gone home'.

2 subjects commemorated

Previously viewed

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Born as Lorenz Alma Tadema in Friesland, The Netherlands. Painter, famous for his depictions of classical themes. He settled in England in 1870 and was knighted in 1899. Died Kaiserhof Spa, Wiesbad...

Person, Art, Germany, Netherlands

2 memorials
Duchy of Cornwall

Duchy of Cornwall

Something like a company, which invests mainly in land (mostly in the south-west of England) and with the income benefiting the Duke of Cornwall who is normally the monarch's eldest son. The biscui...

Group, Property

2 memorials
Reginald Haine VC

Reginald Haine VC

SW18, Fairfield Street, front garden

These plaques are to the north of the fountain in the front garden of Wandsworth Town Hall, on Fairfield Street. The time capsule stone i...

War served | WW1
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sealing of the Magna Carta - Egham

Sealing of the Magna Carta - Egham

TW20, High Street, Egham

Is there a verb "to sculpture"? The tableau panels, the "achievements of the local enthusiasts", are on the road-facing side of this mon...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
G. S. A. King, Pte.

G. S. A. King, Pte.

Imperial Camel Corps, Australian Contingent, 3rd Battalion

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial