Erection date: 14/3/2012
Winnie-the-Pooh, world famous teddy bear was 'born' in the soft toy factory of J.K. Farnell & Co Ltd adjacent to 'The Elms' Acton in 1921.
Ealing Civic Society
Twyford C of E High School
Ealing Council
See J. K. Farnell for the story. Also the Telegraph article.
W3, Twyford Crescent, Twyford Church of England High School
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Winnie the Pooh
Children's storybook character. The creation of A.A. Milne, inspired by the t...
Manufacturing company. Founded in Notting Hill by John Kirby Farnell. Initial...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Winnie the Pooh
Governing body of the London Borough of Ealing, Formed in 1965 by the merging...
Set up by the London Diocesan Board for Schools. It opened as a result of a c...
The plaque is at the side of the building, in Buttercross Lane.
David Lodge, 1921 - 2003, actor and past King Rat, lived here. The Heritage Foundation
IanVisits reports that the first carriages carrying paying passengers actually travelled through the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and that is c...
The steps are rather grand for a public park and look to us as if left over from a now-demolished substantial building (factory, head off...
English Heritage Vera Brittain, 1893 - 1970 Winifred Holtby, 1898 - 1935 writers and reformers, lived here.
