London Remembers Website Transcribes War Memorials For Remembrance Day
All 36,000 names on the Tower Hill memorial to be added to database.
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Blue Plaques Hit By Funding Cuts
Sorry Graham Chapman. Being the fake son of God isn’t good enough.
In Search Of London’s Execution Sites
Your handy guide to state-sanctioned death in the capital.
Should There Be A Statue Of Dickens In London?
200 years after the author was born, there is still no public statue of Dickens in the UK.
Statue Of Dr Salter Stolen From Bermondsey
One of London’s most poignant memorials is stolen.
London Remembers: Collecting All Of London’s Memorials
A much-loved London website gets a relaunch.
Twickenham War Memorial Stolen
Today’s ‘what the hell is wrong with people’ post.
English Heritage London Blue Plaques Mapped
Planning a blue plaque perambulation? That task just got easier thanks to a new map.
The Famous Residents Of Chinatown
If we had a nickel for every blog post (even books) urging us to look up above eye level in London, we’d have…well, whatever a nickel is worth, times about a thousand. But all clichés have some truth to them. One place where it’s easy …
Plaques To War Heroes Stolen From Enfield Park
“Try stealing me.” London’s battle with the burglars of bronze took a sad blow last week as a couple of memorials to fallen World War soldiers and civilians were taken from a monument in Broomfield Park, Enfield. The alloy is much prized on the scrap …
War Memorials: An Endangered Species
Cenotaph. Unlikely to be nicked. Image by wallyg “At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.” Only, it looks like we won’t unless the bits of stone and bronze that help us to remember are properly recorded. The …
