Erection date: 2010
R. I. P. Charles Dibdin, 1768 - 1833
Henry Krokatsis 2010
N1, Pentonville Road
Left - right: Dibdin - Grimaldi.
2018: we could not get the graves to produce any music but having now seen this Londonist video we need to return and dance with more vigour!
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Charles Dibdin grave for dancing on
Dramatist, composer, writer and theatre proprietor. Employed Grimaldi at Sadl...
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Charles Dibdin grave for dancing on
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Charles Dibdin grave for dancing on
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