Rower. Born Buckinghamshire. Won Olympic gold: 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 - this man can row! But what his connection is to Southwark or the South Bank, we can not discover.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Steve Redgrave
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Bobby Charlton
Known by everyone as Bobby Charlton (though he became Sir Robert Charlton, CBE) he was a football player and manager. Born in Ashington, Northumberland. Brother of Jack Charlton. He played principa...
Comte Jacques Jean Marie Rogge
He was born on 2 May 1942 in Ghent, Belgium. Elected President of the International Olympic Committee in 2001 and served until 2013 when he was made the IOC's Honorary President, a lifetime positio...
James Hunt
Racing driver. Born James Simon Wallis Hunt in Belmont, Surrey. Known for his daring on the race track, he was nicknamed 'Hunt the Shunt' (Shunt being a racing term for a crash). He won the Formula...
Marylebone Cricket Club
Cricket's ruling body. Founded when the first match was played at Lord's cricket ground at Dorset Fields on 1st June 1787. Most county clubs at this time were exclusive clubs for titled men, 'ama...
James (Jim) Selby
Stage coachman. Lived at 7 Edgware Road. On 13 July 1888, he established a record by driving “The Old Times” coach from Hatchett's Hotel to the “Old Ship” at Brighton and back - 108 miles in 7 ho...
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John Eliot Howard
N17, Lordsmead Road, 1
J. E. Howard FRS, 1807 - 1883, chemist who discovered anti-malarial use of quinine, lived nearby at 'Lords Meade'. Historic Buildings of ...
Limes from Berlin
W8, Broad Walk, Kensington Gardens
This plaque set us wondering: why was this particular path chosen to be lined with these limes from Germany, and why in 1988? Then we rem...
St Mark's WW2 cairn
KT6, Ewell Road
The Belcher plaque is on the stone in the foreground of our photo, and the St Mark's cairn and WW2 memorials behind it.
Ian Stuart
WC2, Argyle Square, middle of the west side of the square
We don't know what the red symbols mean (born and died?) but we do recognise the symbol between the dates. Stephen Brasher wrote to say ...
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