E1, Raine Street, Raine's House
The motto above the door reads ‘Come in and learn your duty to God and man’. The scholar statues on the front are copies. The originals were taken by the school when it moved to Bethnal Green, in 1880 or 1885 (it's not clear).
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Raine's House - charity boy
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we...
This school was founded in what is now Raine Street by Henry Raine (1679 - 17...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Raine's House - charity boy
9 foot 5 inches, bronze on a plinth at the centre of a low stepped platform. Unveiled by the Queen.
{On both sides of the plinth:} Field-Marshal Sir George Stuart White, V.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O. Born 1...
Made in 2000, one and a half life size. See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
Controversy over who, if anyone, should fund this statue was overcome by the PM, Lord Rosebery, making a gift of it. Apparently Cromwell...
In 2005, after our photo, Tinkerbell was added to the statue, fluttering at Peter's left hand.
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