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 ...
Henry Hall, 1898 - 1989, dance band director and impresario pioneer of BBC popular music (1924 - 1964) lived here 1959 - 1981. City of We...
Agnes Arber, neé Robertson, 1879 - 1960, botanist, lived here 1890 - 1909. English Heritage
The plaque is placed on what appears to be the boundary wall of the house to the north, but the one in our photo matches the description ...
The BBC (who else?) have a good post about their time here. Pity this plaque had no room to mention John Logie Baird.
Berlin lived here while attending St Paul's School, at that time located in Hammersmith.
It is unique in that it shows exclusively in oils. It was granted its royal status by King Edward VII in 1909. Famous artists who have exhibited, include Lawrence Alma-Tadeema, Walter Sickert and A...
1.5 million Australian service men and women fought in the two World Wars; of which 101,000 were killed.
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, and of the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
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