This building was the Head Office of W.H. Smith & Son from 1920 to 1976. The above sign was damaged by shrapnel from a German bomb during an air raid on the night of 10th October 1940.
WC2, Portugal Street
There are 3 plaques, all on the north face of this building, to the right of the entrance shown in the photograph.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Smiths - Head Office
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Li...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Smiths - Head Office
This plaque was placed on the Hospital's centenary. WH Smiths had given the H...
OK, this is not actually a memorial but it's too good to exclude on the basis...
Enid Blyton, 1897 - 1968, authoress, lived here. The London Borough of Bromley
This plaque marks the site of 127 Holden Road which was formerly on this site. We can't find a photo but think it was built in about 188...
English Heritage blue plaques may be technically the best but individual plaques like this lift the spirits. Margaret Drabble helped ere...
Prince George (later King George V) was made Duke of York in 1892 when he became second in line to the throne.
British Pathe News has film of the Queen Mum's visit including shots inside a flat.
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