Fiction    From 1958 

Paddington Bear

Our picture is one of the illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Paddington Bear

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Paddington Bear - plaque and book seat

The seat below the plaque is in the form of a book with the Bear himself pain...

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Paddington Bear statue - Paddington Station, gone

{The statue has two integral texts: On a label stuck to the suitcase:} Wanted...

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Paddington Bear - statue, platform 1

Since arriving at Paddington Station from Peru this bear's journeys have not ...

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Other Subjects

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Fictional boy wizard. Hero of seven novels by J. K. Rowling. They have all been filmed with Daniel Radcliffe playing the lead role. As at 2018, worldwide sales of the books exceed 500 million. 'Har...

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial
Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Titular character in the novel by Daniel Defoe published in 1719. See also Friday.

Fiction, Exploring, Fictional, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Roman Camp - N7

Roman Camp - N7

There is little evidence to support the existence of this camp.  So, rather cheekily, we've categorised it as "Fictional".  

Place, Fictional, Romans

1 memorial
Albert Campion

Albert Campion

Fictional detective. Created by Margery Allingham. He first appeared in 'The Crime at Black Dudley'. Eight of the subsequent novels featuring him were adapted by the BBC in 1989/90 with Peter Davis...

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial
Marley's ghost

Marley's ghost

One of Charles Dickens characters from A Christmas Carol (1843).

Fiction, Fictional, Paranormal

1 memorial

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Freddy Randall

Freddy Randall

E4, Old Church Road, 184

Freddy Randall, 1921 - 1999, a trumpet-hero and true legend of British jazz, lived in this house. Waltham Forest Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Edward Bowman

Edward Bowman

Known as Ted Bowman, he was a volunteer head gardener at All Hallows Church Gardens, 1970 - 2014. From this report of his funeral we learn that he was also chair of the Trustees of Borough Market a...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Daniel Mendoza

Daniel Mendoza

E2, Paradise Row, 3

Daniel Mendoza, pugilist, 1764 - 1836, English champion who proudly billed himself as 'Mendoza the Jew', lived here when writing 'The Art...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
People's Palace

People's Palace

Proposed by Walter Besant, the first People's Palace was built by the Beaumont Trustees, ‘Unitarian philanthropists’, to replace Beaumont's Philosophical Institution which had been in Beaumont Squa...

Building, Education, Sport / Games, Theatre

3 memorials