Phyllis Pearsall, 1906 - 1996, inventor of the London A - Z.
London Borough of Southwark
Voted by the People
This is where she was born.
SE21, Court Lane Gardens, 3
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Phyllis Pearsall
London street guide. First developed by Phyllis Pearsall, it now covers the G...
Map-maker. Born Phyllis Isobel Gross at Budapest, Court Lane Gardens, Dulwich...
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Phyllis Pearsall
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
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The doors are labelled "Prince Edward Theatre", whose main entrance is in Old Compton Street.
Now, where's the best place to attach this plaque? Oh, there's a lamppost close up to the building - let's put it behind that. Sigh.
This street was called Durham Villas in Grahame's time. This was his London home when his son was born and while "The Wind in the Willow...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
The house has obviously seen better days. 2015: campaign to save it.
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
Field Marshal. Born Glasgow as Colin Macliver but his maternal uncle financed his education so he took his surname, Campbell. Rose through the army ranks, fought at the Crimea and as Commander-in-C...
{Beneath the Dartford Council coat of arms:} Richard Trevithick, 1771 - 1833, pioneering engineer and inventor of the world's first steam...
Chairman of the Board of Guy's Hospital in 1964. Born London. Edward Gustave Slesinger was born on 17 March 1888, the son of Gustave Schlesinger (1852-1903) and Louise Agnes Schlesinger née Sueski...
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