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English Heritage Blue Plaque for godfather of Glam Rock, Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan, the pioneering force behind T. Rex, has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque. The plaque marks 31 Clarendon Gardens, Maida Vale, where Bolan lived with his wife June from late 1970 as his career soared with hits like ‘Ride a White Swan’, ‘Hot Love’, and ‘Get it On’.
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Voluntary social worker Mary Hughes lived amongst some of London’s poorest people and converted a former pub into a refuge. This building, at 71 Vallance Road, Whitechapel, bears a blue plaque commemorating her.
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Location Greenhouse Apartment, Walmer Castle
Location Greenhouse Apartment Holiday Cottage, Walmer Castle
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A.V. Hill, Nobel Prize winner & sports medicine pioneer, receives English Heritage Blue Plaque
A.V. Hill (1886-1977), one of the founding fathers of sports medicine and the first Briton to win the Nobel Prize for Physiology, has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at his former home in Highgate, North London. In addition to his work within the field of physiology, he was a highly respected independent MP during the Second World War and a humanitarian – he helped over nine hundred academics escape persecution by the Nazis.
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Blue Plaque commemorating policeman and boxer Harry Mallin at 105 Regency Street, Pimlico, London SW1P 4EF, City of Westminster.
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