Plaque

Flanders and Swann

Erection date: 5/9/2018

Inscription

Michael Flanders, 1922 - 1975, Donald Swann, 1923 - 1994, writers and performers of comic songs, lived and worked in the garden studio.
English Heritage

Site: Flanders and Swann (1 memorial)

W8, Scarsdale Villas, 1

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Flanders and Swann

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Michael Flanders

Broadcaster, writer and performer. Born Michael Henry Flanders in Hampstead. ...

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Donald Swann

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