Erection date: 1999
N1, Old Street
One of the tiles near the right hand end reads: "Mural designed by Neil Irons with help from the residents of Charles Square. Made at Hackney City Farm by N. Irons and S. Bird, 1999."
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Square mural - Charles Square
This Square was laid out at the same time as Hoxton Square and in 1922 Charle...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Square mural - Charles Square
Artist/designer/craft-person. Born Stoke-on-Trent. Initially we could find ...
From his own website: "Scottish artist Neil Irons has been based in London si...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Charles Square mural - Charles Square
The section of the mural to the left of our photo shows archery butts set up ...
{On the tile at the top right of the scene:} Frederick Catherwood, architect ...
The memorial comprises a mural and three panels of text. The wall on which it is located is part of the towpath of the former Croydon Canal.
6 artists/craftspeople and 5 organisations are named as creating this Gallery of 17 murals. Rather than repeat this information on all 17...
This mural depicts 3 football players: one was a PoW held in Auschwitz, where, amazingly, he played football, the other 2 were Jewish and...
The Angola Three arch is above the first floor window on the left. The Kenny ‘Zulu’ Whitmore flying eyeball is at the right below the 2nd...
See 'Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1' for all the text and names associated with the whole mural.
Dean of the Medical and Dental Schools at Guy's Hospital in 1964. Born Scotland. Lost an eye in WW1.
Comedian and comic writer. Born Barnes. Achieved national fame as Pa Glum in 'Take It From Here', as the headmaster in 'Whack-O!' and on the radio quiz show that he devised 'Does the Team Think?'...
English Heritage Sir David Low, 1891 - 1963, cartoonist, lived here at no. 33.
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) 16th Batn. - Reserve
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