Showing posts with label blue plaques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue plaques. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 April 2015

David Mocatta

Blue plaque at Brighton Station commemorating David Mocatta (1806 - 1882), architect to the London & Brighton Railway.
Photograph © Mairead Hardy 2015

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Plaque, 8 Kings Gardens

The plaque was unveiled in 2013 - BBC News film clip here and more about Edward VII here.

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

8 Kings Gardens

There's a blue plaque on the Third Avenue side of this house on Kings Gardens - details will be revealed tomorrow.

Monday, 27 May 2013

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Edward Carpenter

Blue plaque marking the birthplace of Edward Carpenter at 45 Brunswick Square. Carpenter was a poet, anthologist, social philosopher and early gay activist.

Sunday, 15 January 2012

Arch

The Waterloo Arch with Waterloo Street in the distance - more about the Waterloo Arch here.

Sunday, 25 September 2011

Musical connections 2

The second blue plaque on the front of St Aubyns Mansions commemorates music hall star Vesta Tilley, later Lady de Frece. Listen to Vesta Tilley's 1904 recording of Algy.

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Musical connections 1

St Aubyns Mansions sports two blue plaques; this one commemorates English contralto Dame Clara Butt who lived at number 4 from 1903-1906. Listen to her sing Land of Hope and Glory recorded in 1911.

Tuesday, 20 September 2011