Erection date: 1979
Inscription
Greater London Council
Gus Elen 1862 - 1940, music hall comedian, lived here.
Site: Gus Elen (1 memorial)
SW12, Thurleigh Avenue, 3
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gus Elen
Subjects commemorated i
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Gus Elen
Created by i
Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Nearby Memorials
Leysian Mission - McArthur
EC1, City Road
The building is also known as the Imperial Hall. Up the top, in an Art Nouveau swirl the building is dated 1903. The plaques are, left t...
2 subjects commemorated
Windrush Generation
W2, Paddington Station, Platform 1
The plaque was unveiled by actor/singer Peter Straker and the Reverend Michael King, son of Sam King. The Windrush docked at Tilbury and...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
A. J. Avery
SE11, Kennington Lane, Tommyfield, 185
A Lambeth paper reports that Charlie Chaplin, who was born in 1889 and brought up nearby, remembers sitting on the pavement outside this ...
1 subject commemorated
People's Gospel Mission Hall - C
N19, Winscombe Street
Above the door on the left is inscribed "1892". On the south face of this building are 4 inscribed stones laid by (left to right) JC Ran...
1 subject commemorated
John Blanke
SE10, Old Royal Naval College, Visitor Centre
The plaque is at the top of the grey column to the right of the central door. Presumably there is evidence that Blanke performed at Green...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Previously viewed
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ada Salter
Socialist and pacifist. Born Ada Brown at Raunds, Northamptonshire. She joined the West London Mission to work among the London poor, and in 1897 transferred to the Bermondsey Settlement, where she...
6 memorials
Moxhay's Hall of Commerce in Threadneedle Street
From British History: The Hall of Commerce, existing some years ago in Threadneedle Street, was begun in 1830 by Mr. Edward Moxhay, a speculative biscuit-baker, on the site of the old French church...
1 memorial
Major General Benedict Arnold
Soldier and traitor. Born Connecticut. In the American War of Independence Arnold started in the American army where he distinguished himself but then defected to the British, Died 62 Gloucester Pl...
1 memorial
F. R. Thorpe
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them