This plaque was donated by the members of the Burlington Arcade Association to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the Arcade.
1819 - 1969
Unveiled 21st May 1969 by H.R.H. Princess Alexandra.
'Sesquicentenary' is such a great word - it's not even in the Microsoft dictionary. As you can work out it means the 150th anniversary.
W1, Burlington Arcade, 4
Actually on the pillar between nos 3 and 4.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Burlington Arcade
Lord George Cavendish (1754 – 1834), the future Earl of Burlington, commissio...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Burlington Arcade
Lord George Cavendish (1754 – 1834), the future Earl of Burlington, commissio...
Granddaughter of King George V and daughter of George, Duke of Kent. Born Ale...
Other sources give varying opening and closing dates for the depot.
The date of birth given on the plaque, 1856, is wrong. Niblett was born in 1851.
The creators of the access cover have a web page for it, where we learnt that is is a one-off Thames Water-specified Wrekin Unite D400 ma...
Margaret Walker (1922 - 2013) founder of East 15 Acting School and Theatre Workshop director. Joan Littlewood (1914 - 2002) remembered he...
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