Plaque

Pete Robinson

Inscription

Pete Robinson, 1888 - 1921, drummer and leading member of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra, lived here 1915 - 1917.
Nubian Jak Community Trust
Heritage Lottery Fund
Avrasons

Site: Pete Robinson (1 memorial)

SW9, Crewsdon Road, 8

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pete Robinson

Subjects commemorated i

Southern Syncopated Orchestra

Jazz band. Founded by Will Marion Cook, the all-black band included performer...

Read More

Pete Robinson

Drummer with the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. Died with several other membe...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Pete Robinson

Created by i

Avrasons

Estate agents.

Read More

Heritage Lottery Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lo...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Lock Keepers Office

Lock Keepers Office

SE16, Princes Court

None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Zachary Macaulay - WC1

Zachary Macaulay - WC1

WC1, St George's Gardens

From the Friends' website: "The Gardens were once the burial ground for two nearby churches – ... St George’s Bloomsbury, and the church ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Bowler plaque - Merry-Go-Round

Bowler plaque - Merry-Go-Round

E1, Elder Street, 32

The image on the plaque is taken from Merry-Go-Round, Mark Gertler's 1916 painting, possibly inspired by the roundabout at the annual Ham...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Whittington's church

Whittington's church

EC4, College Hill, 20 and St Michael Paternoster Royal

Whittington lived nearby and paid for the rebuilding and enlargement of the church St Michael Paternoster Royal. Upper Thames Street is w...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
John Desmond Bernal

John Desmond Bernal

NW1, Albert Street, 44

English Heritage John Desmond Bernal, 1901 - 1971, crystallographer, lived and died here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator