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Plaque

John Lennon - NW6

Erection date: 27/4/1983

Inscription

Imagine all the people living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one.
I hope some day you'll join us and the world will be as one.
John Lennon, 1971

Site: Maygrove Peace Park (8 memorials)

NW6, Maygrove Road, Maygrove Peace Park

The park was built on former railway sidings and opened on 27 April 1983, nearly 38 years after the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It contains a cherry tree, which commemorates the one that continued to bloom after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

The (non-memorial, as far as we can tell) sculpture sitting on the boulder is called Untitled (Listening) (1983-4), and was sculpted by Antony Gormley, so he was probably the model as well. The inscribed stones are laid into the tarmac path near the sculpture.

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

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John Lennon - NW6

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John Lennon

Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool.  One of the four Beatles. Shot dead ...

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Albert Einstein - NW6

Albert Einstein - NW6

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Edmund Burke - NW6

Edmund Burke - NW6

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only d...

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Haile Selassie and Bob Marley

Haile Selassie and Bob Marley

The quotation is from an address by Haile Selassie to the United Nations on t...

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Martin Luther King - NW6

Martin Luther King - NW6

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Peace Crane

Peace Crane

A photo on a nearby information board shows the statue surrounded by children...

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