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There should be a grading depending on how long whatever person has lived there.

If a house can have a blue plaque simply because someone famous was born there, then surely all hospitals out to have large blue boards outside listing all the famous people born within?

Was Arthur Lowe really a comic/comedy actor, or someone who just happened to play a part in a sitcom?, although there is only so much stuff you fit on a plaque.

Still anon | 11.02.17 - 7:42 a.m. | #

A blue plaque app, who knew? Thanks.

There's this great book for people who like this sort of thing. OK there's several books, but this is a weighty volume with shiny pictures and lovely maps. It has a whole page colour photo of the Alan Turing gaff in Warrington Crescent, a smaller pic of Madame Tussaud's place (looking rather orange), and a photo of Mr Bazalgette atop the (under construction) Northern Outfall Sewer near Abbey Mills.

https://twitter.com/lorenzo_hermoso/status/806193963191435264?s=09

Lorenzo | 11.02.17 - 9:59 a.m. | #

Slightly shocking that there are no Blue Plaques in Queens Park.

I'd nominate the novelist Barbara Pym who lived at 40 Brooksville Avenue from 1961 - 1972.

Stuart | 11.02.17 - 10:31 a.m. | #

@Still anon, maybe hospitals should have large blue boards.

I think there should be clearer criteria on who is considered to be famous, rather than how long they lived there

John | 11.02.17 - 1:02 p.m. | #

Thanks for all of these.
The Bazalgette sewer link (Middle Level) to the 1930 map prompted me to search that website for more stuff, including the Chief Engineer's account of the Main Drainage of London, which goes with that map.

Bob L-S | 11.02.17 - 11:05 p.m. | #

@Still anon: Blue plaques of famous birth probably apply to people born before hospitals were in widespread use. I believe British Heritage isn't an idiot club and plaques about more recent stuff will probably be about something else.

Just curious, any blue plaques ever been created for Benny Hill?

dg writes: Link in post says yes.

Patrickov | 12.02.17 - 12:08 p.m. | #

Being as the inspiration of this series is local government, I'll offer the interesting fact that in 2012 Queen's Park became the first (and currently only) civil parish in London since the formation of Greater London – and of course the first in Inner London since the formation of the County of London.

Greg | 23.02.17 - 4:00 a.m. | #











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