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W2

We always knew about this statue but only realised it was a memorial in October 2016 when it was nominated by sculptor Steven Claydon as a statue h...

Southgate Odeon

N14

Hanwell Clock Tower

W7

This clock tower has a non-identical pair, in Northolt, erected with the same text on the plaque and created by the same clockmaker, but in a very ...

Elstree and Borehamwood Station

WD6

The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the pavement p...

Francis Blakey

SE1

This plaque is on the ground level, at the top of escalators to the Northern and Jubilee lines.

James Joyce

W8

From English Heritage: "He lived in a flat at 28B {almost certainly the basement} Campden Grove from early May until early September 1931, during w...

Freddy Randall

E4

Last Beatles' concert

W1

From MentalFloss: "On January 30, 1969, at lunch time, The Beatles appeared on the rooftop of their record label’s headquarters, unannounced, and s...

Doulton drinking fountain - Henry Fawcett

SW8

From Friends of Vauxhall Park: c.1891 "The contents from {Henry Fawcett's} house raised £75.10s (£75.50) which was accepted by Sir Henry Doulton f...

Richard Grosvenor fountain

SW1

The 1954 film 'Cocktails in the Kitchen' has Dirk Bogarde and wife living in a one-room flat in the Cundy Street flats near here and, at about 30 m...