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Also a reminder that striking can sometimes be a form of heroism, and even when it isn't, it generally contributes to righting a wrong.
Malcolm of Kent | 10.07.22 - 8:04 a.m. | #
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Thanks for highlighting those most recently given EH blue plaques. I admit that I was previously not aware of any of them.
Frank F | 10.07.22 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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What is it with "Them's the breaks"?
I had never heard the term until it was uttered by BoJo.
Petras409 | 10.07.22 - 8:41 a.m. | #
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Annie Besant does have a blue plaque in Gypsy Hill - so two looks excessive.
Still Anon | 10.07.22 - 9:06 a.m. | #
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Quite right too. Well done Bow!
Cornish Cockney | 10.07.22 - 9:58 a.m. | #
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I believe Annie Besant is also mentioned on an oval blue plaque at Hanbury Hall, alongside Eleanor Marx (although it calls her Eleanor Marx-Aveling).
Is there a rule that a building may not have two blue plaques? Perhaps only for the same event or person? I'm sure I've seen some doubles - for different people at the same address - but I can't recall a building with three.
Andrew | 10.07.22 - 12:06 p.m. | #
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18 buildings have two plaques.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 10.07.22 - 12:12 p.m. | #
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A London Inheritance is doing a series of posts on City of London Blue Plaques.
JohnC | 10.07.22 - 1:02 p.m. | #
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Phosphorus was used for making matches. Phosphorous is a word used in the names of some compounds of phosphorus such as phosphorous acid.
Peter | 10.07.22 - 3:20 p.m. | #
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My great-grandmother was one of those stroppy teenagers – thankfully she never succumbed to phossy jaw, and spent 101 years living on Old Ford Road. I think she'd have liked the plaque... though someone would have had to tell her what it said, as she never learned to read or write...
Matt | 10.07.22 - 5:20 p.m. | #
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English Heritage has so many rules and regulations regarding Blue Plagues that it's a wonder that anyone other than WASP MALES get a look in!
Tones | 10.07.22 - 6:29 p.m. | #
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Based on this being about historical figures, dead at least 20 years, I'm actually surprised the Black and Asian figure is so high. Until the mass immigration in the 1950s the numbers were tiny, and of that generation of immigrants and descendants, very few will have died at least 20 years ago.
I notice that in their example they honoured the great footballer Laurie Cunningham, sadly he died young from a car crash making him eligible.
Mikey C | 11.07.22 - 12:48 a.m. | #
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Every time you use a match there's a strike...
Timbo | 11.07.22 - 7:51 a.m. | #
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"three men and a flying bomb."
The long-awaited second sequel.
David | 11.07.22 - 12:12 p.m. | #
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