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Blue Plaque commemorating actor Peter Cushing at 532 St James' Road, Purley, London CR8 2DL, London Borough of Croydon.
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Blue Plaque commemorating actor Peter Cushing at 532 St James' Road, Purley, London CR8 2DL, London Borough of Croydon.
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Blue plaque commemorating the traveller, archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell, at her former home at 95 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9PQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Blue plaque commemorating the traveller, archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell, at her former home at 95 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9PQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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The naturalist, zoologist and writer Gerald Durrell had an immense influence on public attitudes to animals in captivity and to the importance of zoos in the conservation of animals in the wild.
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The naturalist, zoologist and writer Gerald Durrell had an immense influence on public attitudes to animals in captivity and to the importance of zoos in the conservation of animals in the wild.
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Historic windows which have witnessed and illuminated some of our most renowned history, from the attempted escape of Charles I and the revolutionary experiments of Charles Darwin to the final days of Queen Victoria, are now at risk, English Heritage warned today (28 September), as the charity revealed the catalogue of threats causing the decline of windows in England’s most significant historic buildings. From the heat and the rain, to the shortage of heritage carpentry skills and the varying quality of modern wood, these historic artefacts are beginning to deteriorate and decay. Over one million pounds’ worth of repairs will be needed in the next five years and English Heritage has today launched an appeal to support the conservation of these irreplaceable emblems of ancient skill and craftsmanship.
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London Blue Plaque for Social Justice Campaigners Ellen and William Craft
The plaque marks 26 Cambridge Grove in Hammersmith, where the Crafts settled and campaigned for social justice following a daring escape from enslavement in Georgia, USA.
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The astronomers Walter and Annie Maunder are commemorated with a blue plaque at the house in Brockley, south-east London, where the couple lived from 1907 to 1911.
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Blue Plaque commemorating singer Elisabeth Welch at Ovington Court, Ovington Gardens, off Brompton Road, Kensington, London SW5 1LB, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.