John Hiccocks
EC4, Middle Temple, Falcon Court
Our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, didn’t find it easy to translate descriptions of a person’s character but it reads well to us. He ad...
1 subject commemorated
Laurie Cunningham - Statue
E10, Buckingham Road, Coronation Gardens
The statue was sculpted by Graham Ibbeson.
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing
E2, Cambridge Heath Road, Cambridge Court
Originally the 'Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme', this development was named The Lenin Estate at a meeting, July 1927, by the then very...
23 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Choice FM
SW9, Trinity Gardens, 16-18
The Independent reported the unveiling. We thank our colleague Alan Patient for these photos.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
The Bun House
E3, Devons Road, 75, The Widow's Son
The pub was established in 1848 and initially we assumed the widow was the innkeeper's wife. Then we found a 2013 article in the Romford...
Highams Park signal box
E4, Hale End Road, 511
The signal box is now, 2022, home to La Boîte, a crêperie. The story of this signal box is well told at Highams Park Forum, where we lea...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Roger Blake
E8, Hackney Downs station
This plaque is on platform 1, at the start of the walkway to Hackney Central station.
1 subject commemorated
Edward Ardizzone
W9, Elgin Avenue, 130
Edward Ardizzone, 1900 - 1979, artist and illustrator, lived here, 1920 - 1972. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Waterloo Station - 175 years
SE1, Waterloo Station
By 'mezzanine' we mean the half-floor around the main concourse, though Network Rail called it a 'balcony' in their press release announc...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Battle of Waterloo
SE1, Waterloo Station
The Fitzwilliam Museum has a page showing an original medal and: "The victory of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 led to the first British Ar...
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
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