Plaque

Chaplin mosaics 1

Photograph by: London Remembers

Photograph by: London Remembers

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 of our camera. Chaplin certainly lived his early life in the Lambeth area but we can find nothing to associate him with Lambeth Walk. Until 2024, when David Smith wrote to say: "On page 37 of the Penguin edition of Charlie's autobiography he recalls walking in Lambeth Walk." Thanks David.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chaplin mosaics 1

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Charlie Chaplin

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

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Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

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Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

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Chaplin mosaics 2

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

Chaplin mosaics 3

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Chaplin mosaics 4

This image is from the 1921 'The Kid'.

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