Erection date: 2006
Alfred Bestall, 1892 - 1986, illustrator of Rupert Bear, lived here 1936 - 1966.
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KT5, Cranes Park, 58
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Alfred Bestall
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Alfred Bestall
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Mann lived here in a very small flat, only 500sq ft. But it had superb light for his work.
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Present at the unveiling: founding members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
We hunted for this plaque and couldn't find it but our colleague with sharper eyes, Alan Patient, spotted it. English Heritage have a sp...
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