Writer. Born Newbury. His first book 'A Bear Called Paddington' was published in 1958. There have been 23 Paddington books. Also wrote for adults.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Michael Bond
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Paddington Bear - plaque and book seat
The seat below the plaque is in the form of a book with the Bear himself pain...
Paddington Bear statue - Paddington Station, gone
{The statue has two integral texts: On a label stuck to the suitcase:} Wanted...
Paddington Bear - statue, platform 1
Since arriving at Paddington Station from Peru this bear's journeys have not ...
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Kindertransport
10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939. This was organised mainly by World Jewish Relief, but many Quakers helped the children at stations on the jo...
Event, Children, Transport, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland
Martin Dinnegan
Killed as the result of gang rivalries, aged 14. Stabbed in Tollington Way.
James Fegan
Philanthropist. Born James William Condell Fegan in Southampton. He moved to London in 1865 and eventually joined a firm of colonial brokers. He soon became aware of the plight of many young boys l...
David Davies
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Thomas Bowman Stephenson
Wesleyan minister and benefactor. Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1860. In 1869 he founded the Children's Home (now known as the charity Action for Children) to pro...
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John Milton
Poet, essayist, playwright, historian, and diplomat. Born in the house called The Spread Eagle in Bread Street, Cheapside. Left London to study in Cambridge but found all the dull debates in Latin ...
2012 Olympic Games bell
It is the largest harmonically-tuned bell in the world. It was designed by the Whitechapel Foundry, but because of its size, they were unable to cast it. The task was carried out by a Dutch company...
Sir Edwin Lutyens
Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. Chosen as the consulting architect for Hampstead Garden Suburb and designed two churches there. One of the four principal...
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