The statue (next to a lamppost), comprises a (ghost of a) pilgrim father, looking over the shoulder of a small Bermondsey boy from about ...
We'd guess that Percy was fond of dogs and that he lived in Kensington, but we don't know.
None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
There is another copy of this plaque on the other side of the bridge.
None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
The "D.R. London S.E.5" is puzzling. The Oval is in the SE11 post code, not SE5. Possibly "D. R." is an organisation, based in SE5, that ...
See Alpha Rail for a close-up photo of these lovely Art Deco gates during their restoration in 2013. "Significant changes were being made...
There is another fountain in a similar style in St Pancras: Thornton's Fountain, erected in 1877.
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