Erection date: 1975
Samuel Coleridge Taylor, 1875 - 1912, composer of the "Song of Hiawatha" lived here.
Greater London Council
This was the first plaque erected to a black person, in 1975.
SE25, Dagnall Park, 30
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood
Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
'Mail Rail' - Post Office Railway, 1927 - 2003, 6½ mile, 2 ft gauge, driverless underground railway, linking postal sorting offices, and ...
After her husband’s sudden death in 1915, Gwynne-Vaughan moved to this flat, in close proximity to Birkbeck College where she gained her ...
Unveiled on Czech National Day.
The plaque is at the bottom of the escalators and stairs.
Bill Wallis is described on the plaque as 'ARP Stretcher Bearer'. Which we take as a prompt to provide a link to the great Stretcher Rail...
Film director. Brother of David William Gobbett (1884-1973). Thomas James Gobbett was born on 13 February 1882, the eldest of the seven children of David William Gobbert (1855-1929) and Ann Gobbet...
You can see part of the old entrance to the left of our picture. To the right is Palastra House, the site of The Ring.
Emile Zola spent almost 11 months in London, self-exiled from France. Most of that time he was staying at this hotel. In his excellent bo...
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