Plaque

Chaplin mosaics 1

Inscription

Southbank Mosaics

Site: Chaplin mosaics (5 memorials)

SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall

We've numbered the mosaics left to right. The text plaque is to the right of the curved wall, just out of sight. Chaplin certainly lived his early life in the Lambeth area but we can find nothing to associate him with Lambeth Walk.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Charlie Chaplin

Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in East Street, Walworth (possibly, see Londonis...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, i...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

The BFI date the Hippodrome performance to Christmas 1900. The quote about a ...

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Chaplin mosaics 2

Chaplin mosaics 2

This image is from the 1918 'A Dog's Life'.

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Chaplin mosaics 4

Chaplin mosaics 4

This image is from the 1921 'The Kid'.

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Nearby Memorials

John Eliot Howard

John Eliot Howard

N17, Lordsmead Road, 1

J. E. Howard FRS, 1807 - 1883, chemist who discovered anti-malarial use of quinine, lived nearby at 'Lords Meade'. Historic Buildings of ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
St Mary Rotherhithe watch-house

St Mary Rotherhithe watch-house

SE16, St Marychurch Street, 70

The watch-house is the low building to the right of the one with the scholar statues.  the blue plaque you can just see to the left is fo...

1 subject commemorated
Palingswick House

Palingswick House

W6, King Street, 241, Palingswick House

From Fulham SW6: "Palingswick House was originally built around 1849 as a family home, but over the years has been used as an orphanage a...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
LSE buildings renamed after suffrage campaigners

LSE buildings renamed after suffrage campaigners

WC2, Clements Inn, Pethick-Lawrence House, LSE

The renaming, reported by The Tab, was to celebrate 100 years since women gained the vote, and LSE History describes how central this are...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Sir George Gilbert Scott

Sir George Gilbert Scott

NW3, Admiral's Walk, Admiral's House & Grove Lodge

Sir George lived here 1856 - 1864.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator