The original Lesney matchbox toys were made just up the canal from here. The Lesney factory produced these toy gems until 1982.
Wick Wonders
Erected sometime 2008-15.
E9, Wallis Road, 90
In our photo the plaque can be seen to the right of the lamp-post, below the white sign.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lesney Products
The company's name came from the forenames of its founders Leslie Smith (1918...
English Heritage Tom Sayers, 1926 - 1865, pugilist, died here.
At the time this address was 3, The Sweep, Old Town, Clapham Common.
Lane and Orpen were distant cousins and rented this house together in 1907. The Lane plaque is above, Orpen below, with a little window b...
H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence lived here, 1826, later to become King William IV (The Sailor King), 1830 - 1837.
The plaque is on a small plinth in the front garden. It replaces the one which was erected in 1909 on a house that was subsequently demol...
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