Animal    From 1978  To 2014

Speedie

Categories: Animals

A tortoise with a comparatively short life. We have to own, our picture does not actually show Speedie him/herself.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Speedie

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Speedie

Speedie, resident tortoise, 1978 to 2014, is buried nearby. Slayer of bananas...

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Maria Dickin

Maria Dickin

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1 memorial
South East Working Donkey Group

South East Working Donkey Group

Part of the Donkey Sanctuary, we think.

Group, Animals

1 memorial
Anna Louisa Woodward

Anna Louisa Woodward

The World League for Protection of Animals gives:"The World League was founded ... in Germany in 1898 ... The English branch of the League was established in 1900 by Miss A L Woodward; she continue...

Person, Animals

1 memorial
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

Founded by Mary Tealby in 1860 as the Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs. She established a place where people could send lost dogs from the streets and where their owners could retrieve th...

Group, Animals

1 memorial
Dead Parrot Sketch

Dead Parrot Sketch

One of the most famous of the sketches in the television comedy series 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. Written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and performed by Cleese and Michael Palin. Initiall...

Fiction, Animals, Humour, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio

1 memorial

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John Cage

John Cage

Composer, music theorist, writer, and artist.  Leading member of the avant-garde and described himself as an anarchist.  Born Los Angeles. Wrote  4′33″.

Person, Music / songs, USA

1 memorial
Roman Camp - N7

Roman Camp - N7

There is little evidence to support the existence of this camp.  So, rather cheekily, we've categorised it as "Fictional".  

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1 memorial
Annie Kenney

Annie Kenney

Working-class suffragette from Manchester, member of the WSPU and one of the most prominent women in the movement. Born Oldham. 1918, after some women had won the vote, she married James Taylor (18...

Person, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool. One of the four Beatles, the drummer in the group, though, when asked whether Ringo was the best drummer in the world, John Lennon replied: "He's not even t...

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous

3 memorials
Grand Lodge of England

Grand Lodge of England

By 1717 the Masonic lodges were already clubs having no connection to stone-masonry. Four London lodges met at the Goose and Gridiron pub in St Paul's Churchyard and formed the first Grand Lodge, i...

Group, Community / Clubs, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

2 memorials