Erection date: 4/5/1965
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother declared open this International Students House on the fourth of May 1965.
W1, Great Portland Street, International Students House
In our photo the bust's white plinth can be seen behind the glass doors. This entrance, facing onto a parking lot, is the back of 1-6 in that lovely Georgian Park Crescent.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
International Students House
ISH began life in 1917 as Student Movement House, a social centre opened at 3...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
International Students House
In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
International Students House
First installed on Marylebone Road, vandalism caused this bust to be removed ...
Greater London Council Washington Irving, 1783 - 1859, American writer, lived here.
Inscribed into the building, just below the cornice on the two facades: "The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Incorporated 1843". ...
The plaques are on the ground at the foot of the tree. The tree is one of several which are reputed to be the oldest in Britain. The buil...
This memorial is, oddly, erected very close to, and land-side of, the Wapping cupola which disguises a ventilation shaft for the Rotherhi...
The unknown crest is probably Plumers's.
Shortly before this event, in September 1896 Victoria had become the longest-reigning monarch in British history, beating George III, the previous holder. Victoria reigned 1837 - 1901, 64 years.
Married to Lord Guilford Dudley. Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen. Mary...
Self-proclaimed "oldest pub in Marylebone". Some information can be found at Stonch's Beer Blog.
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth (where there is a museum). For a map showing many of his London addresses see Londonist. His family were so p...
Author and artist. Born Mary Caldwell. She studied art and became a children's book illustrator. Her husband Herbert Tourtel, was news editor of the Daily Express. In 1920 the newspaper was looking...
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