Marjorie 'Marge' Hewson (1943 - 2013) nursery nurse, worked for over 40 years at nearby Christ Church School and escorted children to school from this playground.
Tower Hamlets Council
People's Plaques
E1, Spelman Street, Chicksand House
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marjorie Hewson
From British History online (mainly): In 1708 a charity school started in Spi...
Nursery nurse. She worked for over forty years at Christ Church School, in Br...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Marjorie Hewson
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
Greater London Council William Marsden, 1796 - 1867, surgeon, founder of the Royal Free and Royal Marsden Hospitals, lived here.
The people in the picture standing on the plaque are doing the obligatory circular walk to read the inscription. Plaque carved by Richar...
Frank Bates, 1889 - 1921, vocalist and lead singer with pioneering jazz ensemble the Southern Syncopated Orchestra, resided here, 1918 - ...
Other similar plaques exist around the country. Those in London include: Junction of The Paragon and South Row, SE3; Somerford Estate N16...
Bill Wallis is described on the plaque as 'ARP Stretcher Bearer'. Which we take as a prompt to provide a link to the great Stretcher Rail...
From Westminster's Conservation Audit: This Listed grade II monument was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It is in a high Victorian ...
The plaque is further into the alleyway than you can see from the street. The alley is decorated with street plans and murals on the hist...
Lord Mayor of London, 1674-5. Born Warwick. Goldsmith and banker. Lived at Swakeleys House in Ickenham, where a school is named for him. Died Windsor. Involved in the slave trade.
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
Londonist gives a deliciously grim description of the process of being hung, drawn and quartered. This plaque gives a contemporary view ...
