Near this spot on Sunday 20th August 1989 the pleasure boat Marchioness was in collision with another vessel and sank with the loss of 51 lives.
SE1, Jubilee Gardens
We have found three (identical) plaques on the South Bank riverside recalling this disaster, as follows: Royal Festival Hall, National Theatre, London Eye - this one.
Check the one at the National Theatre for the current status of all 3.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marchioness at London Eye
The pleasure boat The Marchioness collided with another vessel and sank with ...
The Institute and School vacated in 1905 and the telephone exchange building was constructed in 1936. One wonders how the site was used ...
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The round plaque is on the wall under the main entrance canopy, high up, near the first "E" of Empire. The three brass plaques are in the...
This tablet was erected to commemorate the birthplace of George Robert Gissing (1857 - 1903) novelist and man of letters.
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The house and garden can be seen on a number of old maps, such as 1865 OS. From British History online (written in 1913): "Cheyne House consists of two or three different blocks of buildings, none...
Current maps show Ewer Street shaped like a T on its side - very unusual. An 1862 map shows an L-shaped Ewer Street (without the northern...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
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