Erection date: 12/12/1989
This plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Simon Mabey to mark the re-opening of Charing Cross Station, 12 December 1989.
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WC2, Strand, Charing Cross Station
There are two plaques below the clock. The upper, smaller one is for the reopening, the lower one is for the US President.
Ian Visits has a good post about this station from its inception.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charing Cross Station - reopening
The original station was built on the site of Hungerford Market and opened in...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charing Cross Station - reopening
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Charing Cross Station - reopening
The Guardian has a detailed description of the procession from Charing Cross ...
Henry Hall, 1898 - 1989, dance band leader and broadcaster, lived here 1932 - 1959. English Heritage
LCC Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, born here, 1804.
Oh, dear, both the architect's names are misspelt on this plaque.
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From a paper presented at the 2012 conference of the North American Barbara Pym Society we deduce that the plaque was erected in or befor...
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