Other

South Bank mosaic - Daley Thompson

Erection date: 2007

Inscription

Daley Thompson

Site: South Bank - pavement mosaics (10 memorials)

SE1, South Bank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall / Purcell Room

These mosaics are laid in the pavement in a rather sad, out the way, corner of the South Bank, at street level, near the non-main entrance to the QE Hall and the Purcell Room. The man in our picture might be looking at them, if there was any chance that he knew they were there. An odd group of people to be gathered together under the high-walk on the South Bank.   Theatre and sport seem to be the twin themes.  We were delighted to be introduced to Bella Burge.

Some of the mosaics are signed and have a date, '07, but the names are difficult to read and we've probably got them wrong.

2025: Wallpaper reported that the nearby concrete undercroft of the Southbank Centre, which has functioned as a skate park since it was built, has been recreated in a skatewear shop Seoul in Seoul, concrete pillars and all.

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:
South Bank mosaic - Daley Thompson

Subjects commemorated i

Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE

Better known as Daley Thompson, he was a decathlete.  Born Notting Hill or Wo...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
South Bank mosaic - Daley Thompson

Created by i

Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, i...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
South Bank mosaic - Daley Thompson

Also at this site i

South Bank mosaic - Ernie Izzard

South Bank mosaic - Ernie Izzard

Ernie Izzard George Lookwood AKA Slim of Peckham

Read More

South Bank mosaic - Kevin Spacey

South Bank mosaic - Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Jules Riches '07

Read More

South Bank mosaic - Lilian Baylis

South Bank mosaic - Lilian Baylis

Lilian Baylis Sylvia Richardson 2007

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Previously viewed

Henry Robertson Bowers

Henry Robertson Bowers

One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Lieutenant in the Navy. Nicknamed Birdie due to his beak-like nose.

Person, Exploring, Arctic & Antarctic, Scotland

3 memorials
London (Host) Lions Club
1 memorial
South Bank mosaic - Wollstonecraft

South Bank mosaic - Wollstonecraft

SE1, South Bank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall / Purcell Room

Mary's mosaic is the most elaborate of the 10 here but by bad luck it has been placed in direct line of some rusty, sludgy drips from the...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Reverend Samuel Hoole

Reverend Samuel Hoole

Became Rector of All Saints Poplar in 1803 and remained there until his death. Probably born in London, his father being employed as auditor for the East India Company and the family living in Wan...

Person, Poetry, Religion

1 memorial