Plaque

Bridge of Aspiration

Erection date: 2004

Inscription

{Beneath the crest of the Royal Ballet School:}
The Bridge of Aspiration, the generous and symbolic gift to the Royal Ballet School donated by:
Thomas and Deirdre Lynch
John and Anya Sainsbury
Harry and Carol Djanogly
The Ashden Trust
Robert and Ricki Gail Conway
Charlotte Heber Percy
Christopher and Jo Holdsworth Hunt
The Mark Leonard Trust
The J J Charitable Trust
Simon and Virginia Robertson
The Mercers' Company
The Headley Trust
January 2003

This plaque marks the contribution of David Norman, Chairman of Governors of the Royal Ballet School, 2000 - 2009, to the development of the Royal Ballet School and the construction of the Bridge of Aspiration.

Site: Bridge of Aspiration (1 memorial)

WC2, Floral Street

The main plaque is being viewed by the couple to the left of the doorway to the Royal Ballet School. The two small black plaques underneath it read 'Civic Trust Award 2004' and 'Royal Institute of British Architects Regional Architecture Award 2004'.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of 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:
Bridge of Aspiration

Subjects commemorated i

Bridge of Aspiration

A high level link between the Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet School. ...

Read More

Royal Ballet School

Originally founded by Ninette de Valois as the Academy of Choreographic Art. ...

Read More

David Norman

Businessman and management consultant. He has held posts at many companies, a...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bridge of Aspiration

Created by i

Headley Trust

Charity which supports a number of arts and architectural projects.

Read More

J J Charitable Trust

Charitable trust.

Read More

Mark Leonard Trust

Charitable Trust.

Read More

Mercers' Company

Records go back to 1348. From the Guild‘s website: "In its widest sense merce...

Read More

The Ashden Trust

Charity. One of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, which focuses on clim...

Read More

Show all 18

Nearby Memorials

Sloane Court East bomb - wall plaque

Sloane Court East bomb - wall plaque

SW1, Turk's Row, Garden House School

We are extremely grateful to London Memorial who have done the research on this event, all recorded in their excellent website, from whic...

Civilian war dead | WW2
14 subjects commemorated
The Forgotten Irish

The Forgotten Irish

NW1, Camden Square, London Irish Centre

The Forgotten Irish In commemoration of that generation of post World War II Irish emigrants, both men and women, who left their homes, c...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Teddington Studios

Teddington Studios

TW11, Broom Road, Camera House

The first set of plaques erected for these TV stars were replaced with this set, at the riverfront.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Samuel Pepys - WC2

Samuel Pepys - WC2

WC2, Buckingham Street, 12

Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty, lived here, 1679 - 1688. London County Council

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Brooke House

Brooke House

E5, Kenninghall Road, BSix College

Wikipedia and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography both give De Vere's date of death as 1604 so the 1609 on the plaque must be exp...

4 subjects commemorated

Previously viewed

Thomas Charles Hudson

Thomas Charles Hudson

Thomas Charles Hudson was born on 2 September 1816 in Harrow, Middlesex, a son of William and Anne Hudson. He was baptised on 27 October 1816 in St Mary's Church, Church Hill, Harrow, where the bap...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial