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.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chaplin mosaics 3
Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in East Street, Walworth (possibly, see Londonis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Chaplin mosaics 3
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The plaque is just inside the entrance to Olive Morris House.
City of Westminster Juan Pablo Viscardo y Guzman, 1748 - 1798, Peruvian essayist, herald of Latin American Independence.
The plaque is on the side of the train. An unusual memorial in that it has no permanent location, so we have used the place where we fir...
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The Voltaire Foundation is a research department in the University of Oxford, publishing in the area of the Eighteenth century, especially the French Enlightenment.
Playwright. Born John Casey in Dublin. He was a strong supporter of the Irish Nationalist cause, changing his name to Seán Ó Cathasaigh. His first play, 'The Shadow of a Gunman', was performed at t...
Architect. Born Exeter. Knight was a captain in the Bloomsbury Rifles, which probably has something to do with the commission he was given to design their Drill Hall in 1882-3. Later he became an H...
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