Pall Mall - the first street in London to be lit by gas, in 1807.
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City of Westminster
SW1, Pall Mall
We were surprised to see a memorial plaque attached to this piece of street furniture, a way-finding finger-post. Is this the only one? Or are there lots and we've just failed to spot them? Given the subject commemorated perhaps this is a well-placed rarity.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
First gas-lit street
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Fr...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
First gas-lit street
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton King's College London Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924
Novelist, Antonia White, (Eirene Botting), 1899 - 1980, lived here, 1899 - 1921.
Commentary: No, we can't explain the purple bucket, but we do believe it to be a temporary embellishment.
The Telegraph: "That November farewell, given in aid of a Polish charity, came at the end of a difficult six-month British sojourn, whi...
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