Erection date: 12/10/1949
This stone was laid by The Right Hon C.R. Attlee C.H. M.P. Prime Minister on 12th October 1949
This film shows what looks like a time capsule being buried, and Attlee laying this foundation stone.
SE1, Belvedere Road, Below the Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Clement Attlee - Royal Festival Hall
A 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre. The only...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Clement Attlee - Royal Festival Hall
Politician. Born Clement Richard Attlee at Westcott, 18 Portinscale Road, Put...
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has some lovely touches - see the "LO" of "glory" and the way t...
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidence that others wold be equally skilled at reading the results.
Building by Lutyens as the Central Club for the YWCA. This foundation stone is low down at the left of the frontage. In 1933 only a few ...
Sounds like an amazing turnout, but we wonder who actually counted all those people. The pool has been filled in, and we reckon from the ...
{On the plaque attached to the railings:} Pat McDonald, working-class heroine, lived and worked in North Kensington from the 1960s until ...
Our photograph of the Lorraine Wilson plaque was taken before the foliage started obscuring it.
Lt-Cdr Roy S. Kerridge, 1903 - 1940, who died attempting to defuse a parachute mine on this site. London Borough of Islington
A bomb was hidden underneath the bandstand, possibly weeks in advance, with a timer set for the particular concert by the band of the 1st battalion Royal Green Jackets. Seven bandsmen were killed, ...
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