George Orwell, 1903 - 1950, novelist & political essayist lived here.
W11, Portobello Road, 22
Orwell was in lodgings here for a brief period: from late 1927 to Spring 1928, when he moved to Paris.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Orwell - W11
George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a Briti...
31-32 John Street is known as John Kirk House and in April 2012 is being converted into apartments, see Banbury Ball.
Barry Evans, 1943 - 1997, actor, lived here. The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation website mentions a plaque to him unveiled in 2000 by his wife Stephanie, Sir Norman Wisdom, Kenneth Wolstenholme,...
Gerald Durrell, 1925 - 1995, zoologist and writer, lived here as a child. English Heritage
Harini Raghuveer was born in May 1954 and has been a director of several companies including Harndale Shipmanagement Services Ltd that was formed on 31 January 1984. Electoral registers from 2003 t...
You get an insight into the mind-set of the erectors of this memorial from the title, in large capitals: not "King Alfred" or "Resettleme...
Wrestler. Born in Minsk, Belarus SSR. Winner of the Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling middleweight junior championship in 1971. He moved to Israel to join their Olympic team. Murdered by Palestinian ter...
Born 6 Oval Road, Camden Town. Also did the bronze group with clock at the entrance to Selfridges; Oxford Street (1928); the lovely sculptural work on 1 Wigmore Street (1925) as shown at Ornamental...
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