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Emily Young

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor. Born London, grand-daughter of Kathleen Scott. Possibly the inspiration for the song 'See Emily Play', written by Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett. Her most visible work in London is the series of 5 heads on pillars in Paternoster Row, at the west end of St Pauls.

2019: The Evening Standard reported that one of her heads was being fought over.

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Emily Young

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Bombs 7/7/05 - St Pancras church sculpture

Seeing as how this face has only one eye, and it's closed, the quotation seem...

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Alan Micklethwaite

Alan Micklethwaite

Sculptor.  We're guessing the image is a self portrait, since it graces the home page of his website but we could be wrong.  Either way, we love the work.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
John Ravera

John Ravera

Sculptor. Born Surrey, educated Camberwell, lived Bexleyheath. Other work in London: 'In Town' at the southern end of Battersea Bridge.

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Sergei Shcherbakov

Sergei Shcherbakov

Sculptor active in 1999.

Person, Sculpture, Russia

1 memorial

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Commonwealth and African NHS staff

Commonwealth and African NHS staff

Around 40,000 nurses and midwives from around the Commonwealth, notably Africa and the Caribbean, came to the UK from its inception in 1948 to the mid-70’s to work in the fledgling NHS, which was f...

Group, Medicine, Africa, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Mrs Fitzherbert

Mrs Fitzherbert

Mistress/wife of George, Prince of Wales, King George IV to be. Her first husband, Edward Weld, died three months after the wedding, falling off his horse, and before he had signed his new will, th...

Person, Royalty

1 memorial
Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, on 6 August at 8:15 in the morning. "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar, on ...

Group, Tragedy, Japan

8 memorials
Levellers

Levellers

A group of political radicals during the Civil War and the interregnum.  Its origins lie in discussions within the New Model Army concerning soldiers' individual rights.  They promoted: law reform,...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
W. Blackford

W. Blackford

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial