Plaque

Chaplin mosaics 1

Inscription

Southbank Mosaics

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 of our camera. Chaplin certainly lived his early life in the Lambeth area but we can find nothing to associate him with Lambeth Walk. Until 2024, when David Smith wrote to say: "On page 37 of the Penguin edition of Charlie's autobiography he recalls walking in Lambeth Walk."  Thanks David.

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

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

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Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, i...

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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 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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Listed Building - SW14

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The portcullis plaque to the left is a fire insurance mark of the Westminster insurance company like this one at the Museum of London.

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Lord Lugard

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Greater London Council Lord Lugard, 1858-1945, colonial administrator, lived here, 1912-1919.

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Queen Victoria once rested at the Fox and Crown after her horses had bolted down the hill and she had had rather a shock. The landlord, ...

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mole man

mole man

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Charles Bowerman

Charles Bowerman

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Historic House Charles W Bowerman (1851 - 1947), veteran of the printing trade union movement, lived here 1892 - 1947 London Borough of...

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