Collins Music Hall was here from 1862 to 1958.
Greater London Council
A square 'Blue Plaque' - a novelty.
N1, Islington Green, 11
2018: The site has been redeveloped, but there is still a theatre, possibly.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Collins Music Hall
As Sam Vagg (1827-65) he was a chimney sweep but as Sam Collins he was an "Ir...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Collins Music Hall
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
9 - 21 Tufnell Park Road were listed in 1994. The listing entry says: "Detached and semi-detached houses linked to form a terrace. 1840-...
DL stands for Deputy Lieutenant (of the County of Buckinghamshire).
The stones are on the pavement by the blue street sign that you can see in our photo.
15 August is the official VJ Day in the UK so erecting this plaque on Wednesday 16th was perverse.
The design of this spray-painted graffiti is cheekily copied from the English Heritage blue plaques. According to Wikipedia MacSwiney "w...
London County Council Sir George Alexander, 1858 - 1918, actor manager, lived here.
Sculptor. Born Westmorland. Other work in London: 'Lioness and Lesser Kudu' (1993) in Grosvenor Gardens.
We are grateful to Christina Ilonka Jansen for writing to us about these plaques. She was working as Cultural Counsellor at the Dutch Em...
Active in 1953. Initiated by Richard Hughes and also known as the Baritsu Chapter.
The LCC began in March 1889 so this tree commemorates 50 years. The only reference we can find to a celebration of this jubilee is a refe...
