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Plaque

Arnold Wesker

Erection date: /12/2021

Inscription

Sir Arnold Wesker, famed Jewish playwrite and author, lived many years in Hackney, and attended Northwold Primary School, 1940 - 1943.
(UK branch of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation)

If they'd used 'dramatist' the plaque creators would have avoided the temptation of misspelling 'playwright'. Even in American 'playwrite' is not correct.

Site: Arnold Wesker (1 memorial)

E5, Northwold Road, Northwold Primary School

The Wesker family lived on the .

In our photo, look through the gate and you see another, identical, plaque attached to the school building.

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Sir Arnold Wesker

Dramatist and author. Wrote 50 plays, four volumes of short stories, two volu...

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Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation

From their website: "The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation is...

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Northwold Primary School

"Northwold Primary School on Northwold Road, Hackney, was opened in 1902 as N...

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