John Cranfield, clock maker, 1770 - 1790.
EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date.
This modern building sports a clock (of course) with Roman numeral hours and, on the side, "XXXIII" or 33, the street number.
The blue plaque is below the Palladian window to the left of our photo. Before 2011 the square blue plaque was where the red information ...
English Heritage Sir David Low, 1891 - 1963, cartoonist, lived here at no. 33.
You have to hand it to these plaque erectors; they can erect a plaque just anywhere, even in a hidden, difficult to reach corner like thi...
The phrase "Those that do teach..." is a quote from Shakespeare's Othello, Desdemona, Act 4 Scene 2.
Plaques 1 and 2 are inside the school and we are very grateful to Stan Kaye who enabled our visit. He also showed us a display of photogr...
