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Blue plaque commemorating jazz musician and raconteur Ronnie Scott at the site of his former jazz club at 39 Gerrard Street, London, City of Westminster.
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JINNAH, Mohammed Ali (1876-1948) a.k.a. Quaid i Azam
Blue Plaque commemorating statesman Mohammed Ali Jinnah at 35 Russell Road, Holland Park, London W14 8HU, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Blue Plaque commemorating architect Basil Spence at 1 Canonbury Place, Canonbury, London N1 2NG, London Borough of Islington.
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Blue Plaque commemorating novelist Patrick Hamilton at 2 Burlington Gardens, Chiswick, London W4 4LT, London Borough of Hounslow.
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Blue Plaque commemorating novelist Patrick Hamilton at 2 Burlington Gardens, Chiswick, London W4 4LT, London Borough of Hounslow.
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HUNTER, Sir Robert (1844–1913)
Blue Plaque commemorating solicitor, civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust, Sir Robert Hunter, at his former home at 5 Louvaine Road, Battersea, London SW11 2AQ. London Borough of Wandsworth.
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BARNARDO, Thomas John (1845-1905)
Blue Plaque commemorating philanthropist Thomas John Barnardo at 32 Bow Road, Bow, London E3 4LN, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Jim Henson, the creative genius behind The Muppets and Fraggle Rock, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque, in the lead up to what would have been his 85th birthday. The plaque marks 50 Downshire Hill in Hampstead, Henson’s London home from 1979 onwards. The property lies opposite the former ‘Jim Henson’s Creature Shop’, where the creatures of Henson’s many fantasy classics including The Dark Crystal, The Storyteller and Labyrinth were created.
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A supply of fresh water was essential for a well defended stronghold like Carisbrooke. For hundreds of years the castle's resident donkeys have drawn up water in the well house. Visit the castle and delight in the demonstrations of the donkeys working the 16th century tread wheel.
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As well as being Darwin’s family home for 40 years, Down House was where he developed and tested the theories published in his book ‘On the Origin of Species’. The garden was Darwin’s ‘living laboratory’ where he could conduct hundreds of experiments on the natural world. We look at some of these garden experiments and how they informed Darwin’s world-changing ideas.