Erection date: 1934
Edgar Wallace, reporter. Born London 1875. Died Hollywood 1932. Founder member of the Company of Newspaper Makers.
He knew wealth & poverty, yet had walked with kings & kept his bearing. Of his talents he gave lavishly to authorship - but to Fleet Street he gave his heart.
Aged 11 Wallace was selling newspapers on this corner.
EC4, Ludgate Circus
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Edgar Wallace - EC4
Prolific writer: crime, novels, journalism, plays films. Born 7 Ashburnham Gr...
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Edgar Wallace - EC4
The image of this lost plaque comes from Wikipedia, where the story of this plaque on 41 Maitland Park Road is told. First erected on 22 ...
The plaque is located further into the market, above the entrance to the Green Market section.
English Heritage Sir Robert Peel, 1750 - 1830, manufacturer and reformer, and his son, Sir Robert Peel, 1788 - 1850, Prime Minister, fou...
The quotation is from the Bible, Ephesians.
Tommy Trinder, comedian, star of film, stage & radio, was born in this house 24th March 1909. Streatham Society
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