Haydn Wood, 1882 - 1959, composer, a much-loved master of British light music, lived here.
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association
Heritage Lottery Fund
NW5, Lissenden Gardens, Parliament Hill Mansions, 21 - 30
The Tawney plaque is on the first floor, Wood on the second.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Haydn Wood
Violinist and composer of light music. Born Yorkshire into a musical family, ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Haydn Wood
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lo...
When we first researched this area in 2008 there were three plaques erected b...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Haydn Wood
October 2024: Ian Hearfield wrote to say that this plaque has "been missing for some weeks. The mounting holes and the circular dirt surr...
This isn't really a memorial but it appears to be in glazed tiles which made us want to find out more. The Newham Council Local History p...
You can just see the left edge of this plaque in our photo, on the pillar at the left.
The 1927 description of WW1 as 'the greater games overseas' seems strange to us today. 2021: We thank Clive Harris of the historical tea...
The drawing is surely by Mel Calman but we can find nothing to connect him with this development.
The "Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster" was present but no name is given. In Westminster the Mayors change over in May, the month of...
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