Erection date: 13/5/1953
Cicely House was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on 13 May 1953.
NW8, Cochrane Street, Cicely House
British Pathe News has film of the Queen Mum's visit including shots inside a flat.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cicely House
In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland...
English Heritage Sir Arthur Bliss, 1891 - 1975, composer, lived here, 1929 - 1939.
The Bowman plaque can be seen in our photo at the bottom left. A notice board just outside our photo, to the right, gives some history of...
The red colour of this plaque is, we're sure, chosen on purely aesthetic grounds.
George Myers, 1803 - 1875, master builder, lived here, 1842 - 1853. English Heritage
That last phrase "Pray for his soul..." is surely a quotation but we can't source it.
