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Plaque

Chaplin mosaics 2

This is from the 1918 'A Dog's Life'.

Site: Chaplin mosaics (5 memorials)

SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall

We've numbered the mosaics left to right. The text plaque is to the right of the curved wall, just out of sight of our camera. Chaplin certainly lived his early life in the Lambeth area but we can find nothing to associate him with Lambeth Walk. Until 2024, when David Smith wrote to say: "On page 37 of the Penguin edition of Charlie's autobiography he recalls walking in Lambeth Walk."  Thanks David.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Charlie Chaplin

Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in East Street, Walworth (possibly, see Londonis...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

The BFI date the Hippodrome performance to Christmas 1900. The quote about a ...

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Chaplin mosaics 1

Chaplin mosaics 1

Southbank Mosaics

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Chaplin mosaics 4

Chaplin mosaics 4

This image is from the 1921 'The Kid'.

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Druids

Druids

W1, Poland Street, 23, King's Arms

In this old King's Arms Tavern the Ancient Order of Druids was revived 28th November 1781. This commemorative plaque was placed here on ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Simon Bolivar - blue plaque

Simon Bolivar - blue plaque

W1, Duke Street, 4

English Heritage Simon Bolivar, 1783 - 1830, liberator of Latin America, lodged here in 1810.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Kate Greenaway - Sylvia Court N1

Kate Greenaway - Sylvia Court N1

N1, Cavendish Street, Sylvia Court

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says she was born at number 21, not 1 as on the plaque.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
King George's Field - N7 - Arundel Square
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Gaiety Theatre

Gaiety Theatre

WC2, Strand, Silken Hotel

The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.

2 subjects commemorated