Our picture is one of the illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Paddington Bear
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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 ...
Other Subjects
Little Nell and Granddad
Two of Charles Dickens characters from The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1). Oscar Wilde's response? "It would require a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of Little Nell".
Crunchy the Credit Crunch Monster
Official mascot of the global recession.
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot, the all-knowing Belgian detective appeared in Agatha Christie's first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
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...
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Dolores Moorhouse
Widow of Peter. We think she was born Dolores Douglas and, with Peter, had children Francesca and Maximilian.
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
Queen Elizabeth I
Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace. Succeeded her half-sister Queen Mary I. Reigned: 1553 - 1603. Never married, no children, so followed by James I. Elizabeth I...
Miss G. Patmore
We think this is probably Gertrude, Coventry's daughter who was aged 29 when the Rossetti Fountain was erected.
Horizon Magazine
An influential literary and art magazine. From a pdf issued for the unveiling: "... Stephen Spender joined Cyril Connolly and the wealthy patron Peter Watson in 1939 to set up Horizon at 6 Selwyn H...
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