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 ...
Displayed in the window is a splendid collection of royal commemoration mugs.
We initially thought this memorial probably referred to one very bad bombing event. But, reporting on the unveiling of this plaque, News ...
Wikipedia and others describe the building as previously a 17th century chapel, which it clearly isn't. This 1863 map shows the streets ...
Sir Peter Medawar, 1915 - 1987, pioneer of transplantation immunology, lived here. English Heritage
In WW2 both Upton Chapel and Christ Church were badly bombed. Both were demolished (except for Lincoln Tower here) and the two congregati...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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