State of the art post-war housing estate opened by Aneurin Bevan. Movietone News covered the unveiling ceremony with Bevan's hair battling against the wind.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Aspen Gardens
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Aspen Gardens
This building was opened on the 27th day of September 1948 by the Rt Hon Aneu...
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Goon Show Preservation Society
Formed as a result of the last Goon Show. Patron: Prince Charles.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Theo Stevens
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. Pan player from Trinidad. 1959 formed a small steel band with Tony Charles, Clifford Adams, Lawrence ‘Stretch’ Noel and Kenneth White. Taught pan p...
1 memorial
Dame Ann Parker Bowles, DCVO, CBE
Aristocrat and Girl Guides leader. Born as Ann de Trafford on 14 July 1918, she was the eldest of the four children of Sir Humphrey Edmund de Trafford, 4th Baronet, MC, JP, DL (1891-1971) and the ...
1 memorial
Angel Inn, near Smithfield Angel Inn
We can't identify this pub.
1 memorial
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Benvenuto Cellini
Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, musician, and artist who also wrote a famous autobiography and poetry.
Person, Art, Craft / Design, Literature, Music / songs, Poetry, Sculpture, Italy
2 memorials
St Jude's Institute Football Club
Boys' football club, based at the St Jude's Institute, a mission hall founded by the Reverend Stanley Bolt, vicar of the local church. The club merged with the Christ Church Rangers, to form the Qu...
1 memorial
John Keats
Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, where his father worked as a stableman and later managed the inn. Baptised at St Botolphs. 1815-16 trained at Guy’s Hospit...
8 memorials
Henry Hugh Armstead
Sculptor and illustrator. Born Bloomsbury. Executed a large number of public statues and funerary works, and worked closely with George Gilbert Scott on the Albert Memorial. Died at home 52 Circus ...
68 memorials
Mary Shelley
SW1, Chester Square, 24
English Heritage Mary Shelley, 1797-1851, author of Frankenstein, lived here, 1846-1851.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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