Plaque

My Beautiful Laundrette

Erection date: 10/9/2021

Inscription

My Beautiful Laundrette, 1985, a landmark of British cinema, was filmed on this road. This plaque commemorates the site of 'Powders' laundrette. Directed by Stephen Frears. Screenplay by Hanif Kureishi.

Although not specified on the plaque, it was erected by Wandsworth LGBTQ+ Forum.

Site: My Beautiful Laundrette (1 memorial)

SW8, Wilcox Road, 11

The plaque is in the pavement in front of the location for the launderette in the 1985 film, My Beautiful Laundrette.

Between August 2022 and July 2024 the entire row of shops was demolished and will be replaced by two, seven-storey buildings with street-level shops. In 2019 London News Online reported "Officers have reached agreement with the applicant to provide a plaque on the new building to identify the site on which this film was set."

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
My Beautiful Laundrette

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My Beautiful Laundrette

1985 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke, written by Hanif Kur...

Stephen Frears

Film and television director. Born Stephen Arthur Frears in Leicester. His ma...

Hanif Kureishi

Novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Born in Bromley, Kent. He started his ...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
My Beautiful Laundrette

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Wandsworth LGBT+ Forum

A group that focuses on the development and support of LGBT groups, organisat...

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