In memory of those who lost their lives. Lewisham train disaster, 4th December 1957. This plaque has been made possible by the help and co-operation of News Shopper, Connex, Network Rail and Francis Chappell & Sons.
SE13, Lewisham Main Line Station, Ticket Hall
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www,plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Lewisham train disaster
The colision actually happened at St John's station, one stop to the north-we...
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Lewisham train disaster
Funeral directors in South London and Kent. Formerly a family firm, now owned...
Government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in G...
Al Bowlly, 1899 - 1941, singer, lived here, 1933 - 1934. English Heritage
The plaque is on the wall of the house, framed in our picture by the gate piers.
Rosalind Franklin, 1920-1958, pioneer of the study of molecular structures including DNA, lived here, 1951-1958. English Heritage
We are not confident in the transcription of the first name and initial.
English Heritage Roger Fenton, 1819 - 1869, photographer, lived here.
There are two stone plaques either side of the entrance, low on the wall, and two, rather classier, plaques in the entrance lobby. Readi...
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
President of USA 1901 - 1909. The Teddy bear was named after him (following a cartoon of a hunting trip he had attended). Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin. Born and died New York. 2022: ...
It was sparked off by the shooting of Dorothy Groce by the Metropolitan Police. They were looking for her son Michael in relation to a suspected firearms offence, and believed he was hiding in his ...
Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
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