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. TriffidAlley gives the background to this plaque. An incident in the book happens at a location which has been identified as this alley. Wyndham had friends in the area so knew it well.
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