Co-founder and lead singer of The Clash. Born as John Graham Mellor in Turkey and raised in Scotland. "London Calling" is his. Died suddenly of a heart defect at his home in Somerset.
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Joe Strummer
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Joe Strummer squat
Joe Strummer, 1952 - 2002, musician, wordsmith, lived here, 1978 - 79. Seymou...
Joe Strummer underpass
There is one of these signs at each entrance to this subway, where Strummer u...
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George Melly
Jazz and blues singer and writer. Born Liverpool. Died at home in London.
1 memorial
Ruthie Henshall
Actor, dancer and singer. Born in Bromley as Valentine Ruth Henshall. She has appeared in many west end productions, including 'Cats', 'Chicago' and 'Les Miserables'. Nominated five times for an Ol...
1 memorial
SongLink International
SongLink International is a tipsheet providing leads to music publishers and songwriters (we don't know what this means, but perhaps you do).
1 memorial
1 memorial
Bob Dylan
Musician, singer-songwriter. Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Minnesota. He was invited to appear in a BBC TV drama ‘The Madhouse on Castle Street” and consequently he was in London December 1962 –...
1 memorial
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James Edmeston
Architect and prolific writer of church hymns (nearly 2000!). Born Wapping. Died Homerton where he was a church warden at St. Barnabas.
1 memorial
W. H. Hudson Memorial
W2, Hyde Park - Meadow Wildlife
The sculpture represents Rima, the nature-spirit heroine of Hudson's book "Green Mansions". It caused quite a stir at the time, from the ...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Dr Frank Bennett
NW6, Kilburn High Road, Brondesbury Medical Centre
The plaque, as well as having rather peculiar punctuation gets the year of death wrong but only by 2 days, so understandable.
1 subject commemorated
Hackney Council
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900. Previously they had been paris...
58 memorials
1 subject commemorated