Two of Charles Dickens characters from Dombey and Son (1848).
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Dombey and son
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Charles Dickens relief
The characters represented in the mural are, left to right, top line: Scrooge...
Other Subjects
James Bond
Fictional spy created by Ian Fleming, who first appeared in the novel 'Casino Royale', but see Fleming's page for an alternative origin for Bond. Eleven further novels and two short story collectio...
1 memorial
Mother Goose
The interment register at St Olaves Hart Street records Mother Goose being buried on 14 September 1586. This is extremely strange so we did some digging. The story of a goose laying golden eggs ca...
1 memorial
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot, the all-knowing Belgian detective appeared in Agatha Christie's first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
1 memorial
Frankenstein
Character created by Mary Shelley in her eponymous book. The Somers Town Mural supposedly shows "Head of Frankenstein". We can't see it in the mural but suspect that the head of Frankenstein's mon...
3 memorials
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Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
Born Whitechapel of an Italian father and English mother. Worked as an assistant to Onslow Ford. The picture source is an excellent introduction to this man who favoured naked ladies. Mapping Sc...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Norwood Grove bird bath - plaque
SW16, Norwood Grove, garden
In our photo the Nettlefold plaque can be seen to the left of the house, sometimes called The White House. The bird bath is the largest ...
1 subject commemorated
William Henry Hudson
Author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born on a small ranch, Los Viente-cinco Ombúes, near Quilmes in Buenos Aires province. Came to Britain in 1874 and produced a series of ornithological studies...
3 memorials
Martin Luther King
One of the world's most famous civil rights activists, born Michael King Jr. A Baptist minister, he visited London in December 1964 on his way to Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. He stayed at...
Person, Race Issues, Religion, Seriously Famous, Tragedy, USA
4 memorials
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