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William ‘Mole Man’ Lyttle, 1931 - 2010, burrower, lived and dug here, 1962 - 2009.
Karmarama
N1, Mortimer Street, 121
Photos taken in early summer 2010. The plaque is unlikely to remain in situ as the house is in danger of collapsing, owing to Mr Lyttle’s excavations. 2014: The house looks no better.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
mole man
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Hector Hugh Munro, alias Saki, 1870 - 1916, short story writer, lived here. English Heritage
Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912, man of letters lived here in 1876 - 1912. London County Council
There has been a church on this site since 1262. The current building was designed by George Gilbert Scott and erected in 1872.
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
First name was Thomas but he did not use it. The first Provost of University College London, 1904–1929. Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1928 to 1930.
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
In the photograph Auxiliary Fireman John William Frederick May Brazier is in the middle row, 2nd from the left. John William Frederick May Brazier was born on 2 February 1912 in Peckham, London, t...
Born 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire. Appointed Poet Laureate in 1984.
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