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...
These listed buildings are now used by the Royal Foundation of St. Katharine. Up until the bombs of 7 September 1940 there was a church ...
Each of these foundation stones is at the base of a pillar, reading left to right: Peters, Rowlands, Lewis, Taylor. Disappointingly we h...
Site of the Salisbury Court Playhouse, 1629 - 1649. Corporation of the City of London
The watch-house is the low building to the right of the one with the scholar statues. the blue plaque you can just see to the left is fo...
This plaque was originally erected by the London County Council at 7 Lawrie Park Road, SE26. When this building was demolished, the Great...
Architect. Born in Paisley. His works include: Selfridges in Oxford Street, Daily Telegraph office in Fleet Street, Unilever House in Blackfriars and Sydney Harbour Bridge. His own house also got a...
Born Florence, Italy. Prolific American painter, specializing in portraits. After 1910 he turned his attention to painting murals and watercolours of Alpine and Italian landscapes. Died Tite Street.
Born New Zealand as Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp. Sent to Queen's College to be "finished". Met John Murry in 1911, he moved in and they jointly edited an avant-garde magazine, Rhythm, later Blue ...
Londonist gives a deliciously grim description of the process of being hung, drawn and quartered. This plaque gives a contemporary view ...
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