President Reagan statue
W1, Grosvenor Square
Don't know about you but we find this type of inscription very tedious, and suspect a committee, probably more than one, has had a hand i...
2 subjects commemorated,
17 creators
St Mary's Hospital - Fifth Army
W2, Norfolk Place, St Mary's Hospital - Cambridge wing
The red fox was the insignia of the Fifth Army.
2 subjects commemorated
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
TW20, Cooper's Hill Lane
The poem was apparently written soon after the memorial was completed. Photo of the engraving. The “ML, 7 April 1952” is probably the f...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
Davey
E1, Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden
Most of the text is professionally carved but 'Davey' is less skillful. Something about this memorial makes us think that Davey was a pet.
1 subject commemorated
Civilian deaths in WW2 - Blitz East London
E1, Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden
The lettering on the plinth does not look contemporary with the dove sculpture. It has the look of having originally been on a older mem...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
MOTH Hackney WW2 memorial
E9, Valette Street, MOTH
That ". . . " suggests that the preceding words are a quotation. The best we can come up with is "The future's not ours to see. Que ser...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Bromley by Bow war memorial
E3, St Leonard's Street, Bob's Park / Bromley Recreation Ground
This lead inlay lettering is in remarkably good condition so we think it has recently been renewed. Sadly already one letter has gone mi...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Hare Court rebuilt - west
EC4, Middle Temple Lane, Hare Court, West Range
David Hopkins, our Latin consultant, has again applied his skills and provided the translation. He also writes: "I know nothing about he...
2 subjects commemorated
Poppy window
W2, Connaught Place, 16
We photographed this at first just because it is such a lovely window. Then we noticed that the flowers are poppies, well known to comme...
2 subjects commemorated
Old Palace School - WW2 bomb
E3, St Leonard's Street, Old Palace Primary School
The Beckenham firemen are also commemorated, and listed by name, on a plaque at Beckenham Fire Station. 2022: The great-nephew of one of...
5 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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