Peter Sellers, 1925 - 1980, Goon and comic actor, lived here, 1936 - 1940.
The Dead Comics Society
This was the first plaque erected by the Dead Comics Society. From BCS: "A modest profit was made and funds given to St Aloysius' College {local school attended by Sellers} to fund an annual Peter Sellers prize for humorous writing, which continues to this day {2017}."
N6, Muswell Hill Road, 10
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Peter Sellers
Goon and comic actor. Born Portsmouth to a couple of variety entertainers. Th...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Peter Sellers
Originated in the front room of John Gatenbys' family home in Highgate, durin...
Klein moved here in 1933 and stayed till 1953 when she moved to a flat in 20 Bracknell Gardens, West Hampstead.
In 1903-10 the Savoy Hotel was built by Colcutt and Macmurdo. The magnificently Art Deco Savoy Theatre is in the western section. The sho...
The vertical line down the plaque is not a fault with our camera, but a rope hanging from a flagpole.
London County Council Ellen Terry, 1847-1928, actress, lived here.
The blue plaque is next to the lower right window of the building, and the foundation stone is on the right of the doorway. The Hunt and...
Poet, writer and school inspector. Born at Laleham-on-Thames, Middlesex, son of Thomas Arnold. He won the Newdigate prize in 1843 with a poem on Cromwell. Appointed a lay inspector of schools in 1...
Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday rental. Died at St Vincents Hospital, in New York City during a lecture tour of the United States. He is buried at Laugharne,...
Donald Swann, 1923 - 1994, composer, songwriter and entertainer, lived here 1961 - 1994. The Battersea Society
Aged 28, returning from work to his home in Wanstead, hit by an Olympic media bus (ferrying journalists to the Olympic site). Died at the scene. Dan was a keen cyclist, having biked across Thailan...
Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951. Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. ...
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