{On the main plinth:}
Street Orderly Boy presented to St Marylebone by Alderman David Isaacs, 1943
{On the lower plinth:}
Donato Barcaglia of Milan
Marble. "Street Orderly Boy" is an old name for a street cleaner - see Cat's Meat Shop for the job specification. This statue was placed here in 1943.
W1, Paddington Street Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Street Orderly Boy
Alderman in St Marylebone. Ran a business as estate agent and surveyor in St...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Street Orderly Boy
The original bronze statue by Wade in 1897 was stolen in 1971 when it was sawn off at the feet. A copy by Davis of the original statue wa...
See the plaque at this site for more details.
Chosen as the featured memorial in May 2004 for two reasons. Firstly, it is very unusual to find a modern sculpture used in such a way. A...
{On the plaques attached to the brickwork, the right-hand one being in English:} This plaque is presented with much pleasure by China Tr...
Believed to be the first public sculpture in London commissioned by a Livery Company. We would have expected the inscriptions (WDR and W...
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