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Plaque

Gerald Road Police Station

Erection date: 15/7/1993

Inscription

Site of Gerald Road police station, 1846-1993, unveiled by Paul Condon Q.P.M. M.A., 15th July 1993.

Site: Gerald Road Police Station (1 memorial)

SW1, Gerald Road, 60

The lamp here has lost its blueness. explains that the practice of hanging blue lamps outside police stations started in 1861. Another blue lamp was saved from a demolished Islington police station and serves as a memorial.

Note the unusual bollard which can be seen in our picture.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Gerald Road Police Station

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Gerald Road Police Station

The police station opened in what was then called Cottage Row. The name was c...

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Paul Condon

Former police officer. Born Paul Leslie Condon. He joined the police in 1967,...

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