Writer, jeweller and mother-of-two, daughter of typewriter magnate Adriano Olivetti. Died, aged 56, as she cycled from her home in Hampstead Heath to work in Clerkenwell. To learn more about Emma see the Guardian Obit.. She was killed instantly after being crushed between the (left-turning) cement mixer’s rear wheels and roadside railings. The driver was fined £300.
Other Subjects
Paula Jurek
Travel and tourism student at London Metropolitan University. Hit by a truck turning left on top of her. The 65-year-old driver, Mr Roe, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless drivi...
cyclist Danny
London bicycle messenger, killed in a traffic collision in Praed Street.
Olatunji Adeyanju
17 year-old Olatunji was killed by a car while cycling across a pedestrian crossing. The driver, Barry Normah, aged 28, sped through a red light, drove off after the collision and then dumped the ...
Rebecca Goossen
Trainee architect, 29, died after she was caught on the inside of a left-turning cement mixer as she cycled to work at Metropolitan Workshop in Cowcross Street. She was living in Bethnal Green but ...
Dan Harris
Aged 28, returning from work to his home in Wanstead, hit by an Olympic media bus (ferrying journalists to the Olympic site). Died at the scene. Dan was a keen cyclist, having biked across Thailan...
Previously viewed
Goodenough House
WC1, Mecklenburgh Square, Goodenough House
Carved on the wall to the right of the front door: "William Goodenough House, 1957 Goodenough College"
RA War Memorial
W1, Piccadilly, Royal Academy
This building is commonly known as the Royal Academy (of Arts). The wings of the building are occupied by a number of learned societies, ...
37 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Rudy Narayan
Barrister and civil rights activist. Born Rahasya Rudra Narayan in British Guiana (now Guyana). Arrived in Britain in 1953, where he served in the army for seven years, before reading for the bar. ...
Professor Anthony Mellows, OBE, GCSTJ, TD
Anthony Roger Mellows was an English solicitor, academic and British Army officer. Lord Prior of the Order of St John, 2008 - 2014. 1969 he received the Territorial Decoration (TD) awarded for long...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them