Britain’s first black train driver who “dedicated his life” to the railways has been commemorated with a plaque at one of the country’s busiest stations. Wilston Samuel Jackson, who died in September... Read more »
The London home of slave abolitionists who fled to Britain from the US after escaping slavery in Georgia is to be commemorated in a blue plaque. Ellen and William Craft are famed... Read more »
A home in west London where Diana lived before she became Princess of Wales was honoured with a Blue Plaque on Wednesday in memory of her life there. The Blue Plaque scheme,... Read more »
Hampstead has gained another Blue Plaque, this time for the Muppets creator, Jim Henson, who lived in the area from 1979 while working on The Muppet Show. It’s time to play the... Read more »
Hey Joe, where you going with that plaque in your hand? A plaque paying tribute to the late, great Jimi Hendrix now sits in Forest Gate, East London. It marks the historic... Read more »
Jimi Hendrix famously wrote ‘Purple Haze’ in London on Boxing Day 1966. Old Jimi wasn’t tucking into the Quality Steet whereas watching the ‘EastEnders’ omnibus, although, ho ho ho no. Taking a cue... Read more »
L ook Back in Anger playwright John Osborne has been remembered with a blue plaque at his west London home 65 years after the play was first carried out. The English Heritage... Read more »
Diana, Princess of Wales, is to be celebrated with a blue plaque in what would have been her sixtieth birthday yr. English Heritage on Thursday introduced its 2021 plaques for six girls,... Read more »
