Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, artist and creator of the Flower Fairy children's books, lived and worked here from 1924 to 1961.
Croydon's Heritage
CR0, The Waldrons, 23
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cicely Mary Barker
A series of books created by the illusrator Cicely Mary Barker. The first one...
Illustrator. Born at West Croydon. An epilepsy sufferer, she was housebound f...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cicely Mary Barker
We think the "Croydon's Heritage" plaques must be erected by a section of Cro...
The text suggests that the stone came from the original 1812 building but the style does not look old enough. Despite the layout, the ent...
In the first 2 minutes of the 1972 CCF film "The Boy Who Turned Yellow" some boys are taken on a school trip to the Tower of London and w...
We first noticed this lion way back in the 70s. Out for a walk along the river-front we noticed big cat footprints stencilled on the gro...
The St Olave inscription is below the central ground floor window, behind the bike rack. The other memorial/information board is in front...
George Bernard Shaw lived in this house from 1887 to 1898. "From the coffers of his genius he enriched the world".
MP for Lambeth from 1865, and Lord Mayor 1868-9. In 1887 he and his brother Edwin funded a new building in Kensington for the Unitarians, see Essex Street Chapel. His nephew was Frederick Pethick-L...
Sir Cecil Beaton, 1904 - 1980, photographer and designer, was born and lived here until 1911. Heath and Old Hampstead Society
Our picture shows the north-east corner of the Yard. The cyclist is in front of the two benches. The plaque is carved on the panel on the...
From the Trust's website: "Our purpose is to study and celebrate the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley in particular, and the works and achievements of the London & North Eastern Railway in g...
This modern plaque is at the bottom of the sloping path on the left. 2019: The plaque at the other, east, end of this tunnel has been re...
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