Erection date: 20/4/1977
1952 - 1977
The Queen completed the planting of this silver bed on 20 April 1977 to mark the 25th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
We imagine the serrated edge is meant to resemble a silver coin but it makes us think of a bottle cap.
Doesn't the inscription conjure up a picture of Betty kneeling down, digging in the petunias?
W1, Hyde Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen's silver bed
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. This wa...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Queen's silver bed
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on wh...
London County Council John F. Sartorius, c1775 - c1830, sporting painter, lived here, 1807 - 1812.
That ". . . " suggests that the preceding words are a quotation. The best we can come up with is "The future's not ours to see. Que ser...
Sir Hamo Thornycroft, 1850 - 1925, sculptor, lived here. London County Council.
Commentary: No, we can't explain the purple bucket, but we do believe it to be a temporary embellishment.
English Heritage Count Edward Raczynski, 1891 - 1993, Polish statesman lived here, 1967 - 1993.
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