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Mural

Riders of the Apocalypse

Erection date: 1983

The mural features Thatcher, Reagan, Heseltine and Andropov, all astride cruise missiles encircling the globe, being met by a dove and a CND peace symbol. Also whizzing around are the symbols for the female gender and for a nuclear radiation zone.

Site: Riders of the Apocalypse (1 memorial)

SE14, Sanford Walk

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Riders of the Apocalypse

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Peace symbol

Designed by Gerald Holtom as a nuclear disarmament logo for the first Alderma...

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Yuri Andropov

Leader of the Soviet Union 1982-84. Source: Wikipedia.

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Michael Heseltine

Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British politician...

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Ronald Reagan

Actor and 40th President of the USA, 1981 - 1989.  Honorary knighthood - Knig...

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Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister: 1979 - 1990. Born Grantham. MP for Finchley: 1959 - 1992. A M...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Riders of the Apocalypse

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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Brian Glen Barnes, MBE

Muralist and community artist.  Created murals around south London for over 4...

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