Erection date: 12/10/1949
This stone was laid by The Right Hon C.R. Attlee C.H. M.P. Prime Minister on 12th October 1949
This film shows what looks like a time capsule being buried, and Attlee laying this foundation stone.
SE1, Belvedere Road, Below the Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Clement Attlee - Royal Festival Hall
A 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre. The firs...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Clement Attlee - Royal Festival Hall
Politician. Born Clement Richard Attlee at Westcott, 18 Portinscale Road, Put...
Dr Jabez Bunting, 1779 - 1858, leading Wesleyan Methodist, lived here, 1833 - 1858. Historic House - London Borough of Islington
Hobsons Place This block was built in 1966 by the Greater London Council and was named after Hobson's Place, which was one of the streets...
The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supportin...
The first number of the Sunday Times was edited at 4 Salisbury Court by Henry White, October 20 1822.
Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery, England's very first public art gallery, was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois ...
The Plough Brewery: built 1868; brewery 1868 - 1924; offices and workshops since 1968. The Clapham Society
Roofing, structural glazing and building conservation contractors. The picture source link takes you to their full history page, with a video.
The Woolwich riverfront had been used as a dockyard and arms store for decades so having the foundry here made sense. It's construction was in response to a fatal explosion at Bagley's Foundry, jus...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them