Philip Andrew Baines was a graphic designer. Hagg Bridge has an interesting interview with Baines about his work on the 7 July memorial.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Phil Baines
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Bombs 7/7/05 - Tavistock Square
All the text is turned sideways, so it avoids being upside down, whether view...
Hyde Park memorial to bomb attack 7/7/05
The 52 columns are 1m apart, 3.5m high and made of roughly textured stainless...
Tsunami memorial
120-tonne block of granite, 4.1 metre cube with a corner removed. According...
Other Subjects
Constance Spry
Floral artist. Born Constance Fletcher at 58 Warner Street, Derby. Educated in Ireland, she returned to England during WW1 as a welfare worker in the east end of London. Her work with flowers did n...
Kenwood and Sons
Stonemasons of Greenford. Made the replacement 2010 WW1 memorial at Willesden bus garage.
Fred Passenger
Worked as a decorator with William De Morgan. During 1898-1907 was a partner with De Morgan, Frank Iles and Charles Passenger at Sands End, Fulham. De Morgan retired from potting in 1905 and the Fu...
Carpenters Company's Technical Institute and Day School
The 1869 map shows this area not yet developed. The 1893 map shows a number of buildings on the site, labelled "Technical Institute". A history of Delaware County, Pennsylvania has a reference to ...
Dan Parkes
Clock-maker. We had 1989 as his date of death but in July 2024 we received this contact from Chris: "Dan’s distant nephew (grandson of his sister Elizabeth) here. Just to correct that 1989 is when...
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Donald Pleasence
Actor. Born at 62 Potter Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. In an extensive career on stage, television and cinema (he appeared in over 200 films), he specialised in villainous parts such as Blofeld...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd President of USA. Married a distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt. Led the States into WW2 and died in office. Had polio from age 39 and is almost always shown seated. See Listicles for 6 more sta...
Hansom cab
Invented and patented by Joseph Hansom. This horse-drawn carriage, or cabriolet, had larger wheels and a lower cab,with the driver sitting behind, giving it greater stability and increased speed, w...
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Born Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Actor. George Bernard Shaw wrote his play Saint Joan with her in mind. Created Dame of the British Empire in 1931. She was married to the actor Sir Lewis Casson. Di...
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