Dominico and Pilar Maestri
NW1, Cranleigh Street, Brook House
In our photo, at the top of the nearest cream-coloured panel on this building: "GB 1934" but we don't understand the 'GB'. The Maestri p...
1 subject commemorated
Mike Leigh & Alison Steadman
NW1, Cranleigh Street, Brook House
Unveiled by Simon Callow who has never worked on a Leigh movie though he and Steadman worked together on the 2003 film Hans Christian And...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Lao She
W11, St James's Gardens, 31
Lao She, 1899 - 1966, Chinese writer, lived here 1925 - 1928. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Charles MacKerras
NW8, Hamilton Terrace, 10
Sir Charles MacKerras, CH, AC, CBE, 1925 - 2010, conductor and musicologist, lived here. The Public Memorials Appeal
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Tasker Watkins
RM9, Dagenham Avenue, 122
Sir Tasker Watkins, 1918 - 2007, awarded the Victoria Cross World War II 1939 - 1945, lived here. London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Alastair Sim
NW3, Frognal Gardens, 8
Alastair Sim, 1900 - 1976, actor, lived here, 1953 - 1975. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Metropolitan Benefit Societies almshouses
N1, Balls Pond Road
Seems likely the plaques were put up when the side wings were added, in 1865-6.
3 subjects commemorated
Jim's Pitch
NW3, Woodland Walk
Appropriately a number of the nearby buildings have notices instructing "no ball games". 2023: We were contacted by Jim's daughter, Rach...
1 subject commemorated
Sir Walter Besant - Frognal
NW3, Frognal, 106
In 1892 Besant built a substantial house just to the east of this one, where there is an official, significant plaque. We can find no ref...
1 subject commemorated
Bow Fair Field
E3, Fairfield Road
Bow Fair Field Site of the annual Whitsun fair stopped in 1823 due to rowdyism and vice. Bow Heritage Trail
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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