New wing added 1887, J. T. Pedder Esq. Chairman
EC1, Old Street
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from left to right: 1887, 1698, 1972, 1870. Lower down are two, more decorative plaques, commemorating two treasurers, left to right: Pedder and Telfer.
The school is now in premises in nearby Radnor Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - 1887
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
John Thomas Pedder was born in 1823 in Romford, Essex, the second of the eigh...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - 1887
The watch-house is the low building to the right of the one with the scholar statues. the blue plaque you can just see to the left is fo...
Wikipedia and others describe the building as previously a 17th century chapel, which it clearly isn't. This 1863 map shows the streets ...
Kwame Nkrumah, 1909 - 1972, first President of Ghana, lived here, 1945 - 1947. English Heritage
The bronze of the plaque is so dulled that it does not photo well, all except this somewhat distressed enameled insignia.
The poem is from 'Song Offerings' by Tagore. Written in Bengali, he created the English version himself so we guess the plaque is indeed ...
Sir Donald Sinden, actor, lived here, 1954 - 1997. HGS Residents Association 2015
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
From West London YMCA : "Our foundations can be found in a prayer meeting held by 13 young people who gathered at 4 Grove Road, Ealing, on 28 July 1870, to inaugurate a local branch of YMCA. From t...
The Vizianagaram district is on the east coast of India about a third of the way down. We get the impression that every one of the words in this man's name has at least one alternative spelling, e...
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