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Chaplin mosaics 3

Site: Chaplin mosaics (5 memorials)

SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall

We've numbered the mosaics left to right. The text plaque is to the right of the curved wall, just out of sight. Chaplin certainly lived his early life in the Lambeth area but we can find nothing to associate him with Lambeth Walk.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chaplin mosaics 3

Subjects commemorated i

Charlie Chaplin

Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in East Street, Walworth (possibly, see Londonis...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

The BFI date the Hippodrome performance to Christmas 1900. The quote about a ...

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Chaplin mosaics 1

Chaplin mosaics 1

Southbank Mosaics

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Chaplin mosaics 2

Chaplin mosaics 2

This image is from the 1918 'A Dog's Life'.

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Chaplin mosaics 4

Chaplin mosaics 4

This image is from the 1921 'The Kid'.

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John Newbery

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Mayfair's oldest house

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Watney Market sewer deaths

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Turk's Head - Wapping - 1

Turk's Head - Wapping - 1

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1 subject commemorated
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Church of the Assumption & St Gregory

W1, Warwick Street

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1 subject commemorated