This building was opened as the headquarters of the National Institute for the Deaf by His Majesty King George VI when HRH the Duke of York on the 11th day of June 1936.
WC1, Gower Street, 105
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Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Established in 1911 as the National Bureau for Promoting the General Welfare ...
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Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George ...
We think a plaque commemorating the Willesden men who served in the South Africa, 1899 - 1900 may have been displayed in this building. H...
The Great Synagogue stood near this site until 1272. Corporation of London
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804 - 1864, American author, stayed here in 1856. L.C.C.
Ronzo Crunchy the Credit Crunch Monster, 2008 - 2010, official mascot of the global recession.
Dirty and uncared for, but we prefer the Duchess plaque - just the way they have written the "Qu" of "Queen" endears it to us. The modern...
Architect, born Arthur Wiliam Blomfield, at Fulham Palace, the son of the Bishop of London. Specialised in church architecture, e.g. St Mary's Parish Hall, Crawford Street. Also designed the Royal ...
An experiment by the London and Croydon Railway. Pumping stations were built which created a vacuum in a pipe laid between the rails. Each carriage had a piston that entered a slot in the tube, sea...
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower down on the building:} W H
We had not heard of the Barnato-Joel family before coming across this plaque. If the web can be believed they are a tragic family. Do ...
A misunderstanding? A joke? Do the owners now claim they have an English Heritage blue plaque on their house? See Tufnell Park Road for a...
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