Statue

Buddy Bear

Erection date: 27/4/2016

Inscription

{Inscription between the crests of Reinickendorf and the Royal Borough of Greenwich on a plaque at the base of the statue:}
Buddy Bear presented to the Royal Borough of Greenwich by the Mayor of Reinickendorf, Berlin, Herr Frank Belzer on the occasion of 50th anniversary celebrations of the twinning link between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Reinickendorf, Berlin.
Winning design by Roxana Ristea and Cindy Tran, year 7, Eltham High School
Artist Michele Petit-Jean
27th April 2016

Site: Woolwich tree memorials and Buddy Bear (4 memorials)

SE18, Thomas Street

Buddy Bear is on the right of the photograph and the plaques beneath the trees are from centre left to right: Victory in Europe Day 1, Victory in Europe Day 2 and The Burma Campaign.

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:
Buddy Bear

Subjects commemorated i

Buddy Bear

The Buddy Bear project was conceived in Berlin by Klaus and Eva Herlitz and R...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Buddy Bear

Created by i

Frank Belzer

Politician. District mayor of the Berlin district Reinickendorf since October...

Read More

Roxana Ristea

Student at Eltham High School, who co-designed the Buddy Bear statue in Woolw...

Read More

Cindy Tran

Student at Eltham High School, who co-designed the Buddy Bear statue in Woolw...

Read More

Reinickendorf

The twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest area of the city,

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Buddy Bear

Also at this site i

Burma Campaign - Woolwich

Burma Campaign - Woolwich

The plaque dates the campaign from 1941, but other sources give it as 1942. T...

Read More

Victory in Europe Day - Woolwich 1

Victory in Europe Day - Woolwich 1

The quotation is one of several variations on the same theme. Possible origin...

Read More

Victory in Europe Day - Woolwich 2

Victory in Europe Day - Woolwich 2

This tree was planted by Frank Lerner on 8th October 2011 to mark Victory in ...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Thomas Cubitt statue

Thomas Cubitt statue

SW1, Denbigh Street and St George's Drive

The Harding tree is on the far left of our photo, and seems a goodly size for one not planted before 1985.

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
Albert Grant & Shakespeare

Albert Grant & Shakespeare

WC2, Leicester Square

"There is no darkness but ignorance" is a quote from "Twelfth Night". The sculptor, Fontana, copied the statue by Scheemakers in Westmins...

3 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
City of London School 0 - More

City of London School 0 - More

EC4, Victoria Embankment, 60

We've listed the statues left to right across the front of the building, with More all on his lonesome on the west (left) facade.  The 1...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - steel statue

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - steel statue

CRO, Charles Street

{On a nearby bench:} Plaque 1:The characters for this Portrait Bench chosen by your community celebrate Sustrans winning a nationwide vo...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Peter Osgood statue

Peter Osgood statue

SW6, Fulham Road, Chelsea Football Club, Stamford Bridge

Statue sculpted by Philip Jackson.

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators

Previously viewed

Wimbledon Common windmill

Wimbledon Common windmill

A Grade II* listed building. It was built by a carpenter, Charles March, and is a rare example of a 'hollow-post' mill. It continued in use until 1864, when the miller was evicted by the Lord of th...

Building, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Jimi Hendrix Experience

Jimi Hendrix Experience

W1, Kingly Street, 9

July 2023: Priscila Caroline do Nascimento reported that both these plaques have gone, so we've marked them as 'lost'. We first spotted t...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator