{Beneath the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:}
135 Rotherhithe Street
This listed mid 19th century building has been occupied by Charles Hay and Sons, established since 1789. It is one of the few surviving barge building and repair workshops on the Thames.
SE16, Rotherhithe Street, 135
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Hay and Son
Barge builders and repairers. Charles Hay was a Queen's Waterman and a Master...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Hay and Son
We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey...
Jessica Tandy, 1909 - 1994, actress and star of 'Driving Miss Daisy', was born here. London Borough of Hackney
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, 1882 - 1965, aircraft designer lived here, 1909 - 1910. English Heritage.
"The munificence of his benefactions" - we just don't write plaques like that anymore.
The flower on the plaque looks to us like a chrysanthemum but we don't know if it has any special significance.
Lao She, 1899 - 1966, Chinese writer, lived here 1925 - 1928. English Heritage
Artist, born in Edinburgh. In 1933 he won a scholarship to the Edinburgh College of Art. In 1938 he was made a fellow of the college at the relatively young age of 31. He studied in Paris at the Ac...
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