Plaque

Triffid Alley

Erection date: 24/5/2015

Inscription

{Beside the image of a triffid, taken from the cover of an early Penguin book edition:}
Triffid Alley
John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids (1951)
Chapter 8: '... The door, I could see, gave into a narrow alley running the full length of the block ...'
South End Green Association

Site: Triffid Alley (1 memorial)

NW3, Pond Street, 37

The plaque is to the left of the black metal gate. An incident in the book happens at a location which has been identified as this alley. Wyndham had friends in the area so he knew it well.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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The Day of the Triffids

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