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Two ‘private’ plaques in Colchester
At Open Plaques we are often asked how you go about putting up a plaque. Our normal response is that anyone can do so, as long as they can raise the money to have one made, have the building owners’ … Continue reading
Flicker Alley plaques reveal innovation hub of early British film industry
Earlier in December I met with two resident traders in the bustling sidestreet of Cecil Court to find out more about the plaque-like blue discs dotted round the windows of its many retail outlets. Today referred to as ‘Booksellers Row’ … Continue reading
Pinpointing Mozart’s new plaque via London maps and patterns
Until the early part of the nineteenth century the area to the right of London’s Charing Cross Road – then in its previous incarnation as Castle Street – stretching across St Martin’s Lane over to Bedford Street in the heart … Continue reading
Finding Flann O’Brien: plaques, places, tongues and names
Three is a curious number and if he could speak to us now, I wonder what author Flann O’Brien would make of the three plaques in Ireland erected to commemorate him. He’d probably make a darkly memorable quip that appeared … Continue reading
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Tagged At Swim Two Birds, authors, Bloomsday, Brian O'Nolan, Dublin, fiction, Flann O'Brien, Ireland, literature, Myles na cGopaleen, novelists, satire, Strabane, The Irish Times, The Third Policeman, writers
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General Election 2010 – Remembering the Suffragettes
Polling has finished, and the first few seats have been announced as I write, so I thought it was apt to mention the Suffragettes, who fought for women’s right to vote. We have some plaques commemorating some of the most … Continue reading
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Founders
Founders are common recipients of plaques, recognising the legacy of their work. Here are some founders of some well-known companies and organisations Continue reading
You say you want a revolution…
Following on from an email conversation about ‘Blue plaques for reds’ I thought that i’d take a look at what blue plaques there are in the openplaques.org database for revolutionaries. Here are the ones that we’ve found: “Vladimir Ilyich Lenin … Continue reading
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