Statue

Teddy Baldock - statue

Erection date: 16/5/2014

Inscription

{Big letters on the left leg of the shorts:}
TB

Site: Teddy Baldock (2 memorials)

E14, Bright Street, Langdon Park DLR Station

Facebook page shows the unveiling.  Langdon Park School, the buildings just to the south of the statue, is built on the site of Baldock's childhood home in Byron Street.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Teddy Baldock - statue

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Teddy Baldock

Boxer. Born Poplar. From British Boxers: "World Bantamweight Champion 1927. H...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Teddy Baldock - statue

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Carl Payne

Sculptor.

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Teddy Baldock - plaque

Teddy Baldock - plaque

When we first visited, September 2014, there was no plaque, just two holes dr...

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