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...
The Reverend Nicholas Richards, 1942 - 2006, "Father Nick", rector of St Mary's Rotherhithe 1977 - 2006. London Borough of Southwark - V...
{The round logo at the top of the plaque has an image of a house with these words surrounding it:} New Zealand Historic Places TrustFrom...
Here lived Philip, second Earl of Chesterfield, born 1633 : died 1713, also Philip, third Earl and Philip Dorner, fourth Earl of Chesterf...
This was the third site of the Founders Hall which was built here 1985-7. The two plaques are either side of a very impressive solid woo...
From the wording and the style, these plaques must have been erected along with the 1877 clock tower. The impetus behind both the constru...
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