Subject: Space Oddity
Started 11/7/1969, 56 years ago
Song by David Bowie. It was first released as a single, and became the title of his second studio album. The song is about Major Tom, a fictional astronaut.
1 memorial
Subject: Oliver James Steele
Born 11/7/1912, 113 years ago
Auxiliary fireman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Auxiliary Fireman Oliver James Steele was born on 11 July 1912....
War dead non-military, WW2
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Memorial: The Vintners
Erected 11/7/2007, 18 years ago
EC4, Little Trinity Lane
Believed to be the first public sculpture in London commissioned by a Livery Company. We would have expected the inscriptions (WDR and W...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Subject: United Westminster Almshouses
Started 11/7/1879, 146 years ago
A scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 11 July 1879 consolidated the separate almshouses in Westminster founded by James Palmer, Nicholas Butler and Emery Hill, into the United Westminster Alm...
2 memorials
Subject: Reg Varney
Born 11/7/1916, 109 years ago
Actor. Born Reginald Alfred Varney in Canning Town. He appeared in the television series, 'The Rag Trade' and also the highly popular 'On the Buses', the latter of which produced three spin-off fil...
1 memorial
Subject: Thomas Wakley
Born 11/7/1795, 230 years ago
Reformer and founder of "The Lancet" - begun in Oct 1823. Spoke in Parliament in defence of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. See Caroline's Miscellany for more information. Born Membury, Devon. Buried at K...
1 memorial
Subject: Waterloo and City Railway
Started 11/7/1898, 127 years ago
A shuttle service between Waterloo and Bank (previously 'City') stations designed for commuters. View from the Mirror has a very good post on this line. Londonist have a good succinct history of ...
1 memorial
Subject: Waterloo Station
Started 11/7/1848, 177 years ago
Opened by the London and South Western Railway on 11 July 1848 as ‘Waterloo Bridge station’. Built to extend the line from Nine Elms closer to the City, with the expectation that the line would eve...
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Memorial: Waterloo Station - 175 years
Erected 11/7/2023, 2 years ago
SE1, Waterloo Station
By 'mezzanine' we mean the half-floor around the main concourse, though Network Rail called it a 'balcony' in their press release announc...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Subject: Annie Frances Welford
Died 11/7/1944, 81 years ago
Granddaughter of Richard Welford (1817-1858) who founded and ran Warwick Farm Dairies. Annie Frances Welford was born on 18 March 1871 the fifth of the six children of John Welford (1844-1924) and...
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