Comments for Open Plaques blog http://blog.openplaques.org A project to collect and open up data about plaques and the people they commemorate Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Two ‘private’ plaques in Colchester by Blue Plaques & Sobraon Barracks | Colchester Chronicle http://blog.openplaques.org/2012/02/two-private-plaques-in-colchester/#comment-568 Blue Plaques & Sobraon Barracks | Colchester Chronicle Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:16 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1794#comment-568 [...] story starts with Rosemary Jewers, a resident of Colchester: “Many years ago a package containing old [...] [...] story starts with Rosemary Jewers, a resident of Colchester: “Many years ago a package containing old [...]

]]> Comment on Finding Flann O’Brien: plaques, places, tongues and names by History Carnival CVI (December 2011-January 2012) – Frog in a Well Japan http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/11/finding-flann-obrien-plaques-places-tongues-and-names/#comment-545 History Carnival CVI (December 2011-January 2012) – Frog in a Well Japan Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:36:09 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1552#comment-545 [...] Plaques blog: Finding Flann O’Brien: plaques, places, tongues and names Next in our investigation of the plaques we come to the matter of his three names (four if you [...] [...] Plaques blog: Finding Flann O’Brien: plaques, places, tongues and names Next in our investigation of the plaques we come to the matter of his three names (four if you [...]

]]> Comment on Finding Flann O’Brien: plaques, places, tongues and names by History Carnival CXI (December 2011-January 2012) – Frog in a Well Japan http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/11/finding-flann-obrien-plaques-places-tongues-and-names/#comment-544 History Carnival CXI (December 2011-January 2012) – Frog in a Well Japan Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:35:16 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1552#comment-544 [...] Plaques blog: Finding Flann O’Brien: plaques, places, tongues and names Next in our investigation of the plaques we come to the matter of his three names (four if you [...] [...] Plaques blog: Finding Flann O’Brien: plaques, places, tongues and names Next in our investigation of the plaques we come to the matter of his three names (four if you [...]

]]> Comment on UK Museums on the Web 2011 storified by Museums Computer Group » UKMW Blog Posts http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/11/uk-museums-on-the-web-2011-storified/#comment-368 Museums Computer Group » UKMW Blog Posts Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:06:00 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1674#comment-368 [...] Deirdre Molloy, Open Plaques  UK Museums on the Web [...] [...] Deirdre Molloy, Open Plaques  UK Museums on the Web [...]

]]> Comment on Double Plaques by Elliott Brown (@ellrbrown) http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/03/double-plaques/#comment-286 Elliott Brown (@ellrbrown) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:14:47 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1356#comment-286 I recently found a pair of double plaques in Worcester on Foregate Street. For <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/6363622435" rel="nofollow">Dr John Wall</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/6363625795/" rel="nofollow">Sir Charles Hastings</a> at 43 Foregate Street. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/6363619679/" rel="nofollow">Dr John Wall and Sir Charles Hastings - 43 Foregate Street, Worcester</a> I recently found a pair of double plaques in Worcester on Foregate Street.

For Dr John Wall and Sir Charles Hastings at 43 Foregate Street.

Dr John Wall and Sir Charles Hastings – 43 Foregate Street, Worcester

]]> Comment on Plaque to the future: the ebook edition by Deirdre Molloy http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/10/plaque-to-the-future-the-ebook-edition/#comment-188 Deirdre Molloy Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:25:36 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1467#comment-188 Thanks Gavin - it is a small world, or maybe it's just that London is the crossroads... That said, we're nonpartisan on location :) Thanks Gavin – it is a small world, or maybe it’s just that London is the crossroads…

That said, we’re nonpartisan on location :)

]]> Comment on Double Plaques by Gavin Williams http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/03/double-plaques/#comment-174 Gavin Williams Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:03:58 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1356#comment-174 We have at least two Black Country candidates (so far). In Wolverhampton - the magistrate's court has a plaque either side of the entrance: Emma Sproson http://www.flickr.com/photos/16141856@N04/5747240676/in/set-72157626737629414 and Sir Charles Mander http://www.flickr.com/photos/16141856@N04/5747242320/in/set-72157626737629414 (I have linked these up to OpenPlaques but they're not being picked up for some reason) In nearby Walsall the entrance to a cemetery is braced by Sister Dora: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16141856@N04/5728312938/in/set-72157626737629414 and James Thompson (VC): http://www.flickr.com/photos/16141856@N04/5728333232/in/set-72157626737629414/ We have at least two Black Country candidates (so far). In Wolverhampton – the magistrate’s court has a plaque either side of the entrance:

Emma Sproson
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16141856@N04/5747240676/in/set-72157626737629414

and Sir Charles Mander
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16141856@N04/5747242320/in/set-72157626737629414

(I have linked these up to OpenPlaques but they’re not being picked up for some reason)

In nearby Walsall the entrance to a cemetery is braced by Sister Dora:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16141856@N04/5728312938/in/set-72157626737629414

and James Thompson (VC):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16141856@N04/5728333232/in/set-72157626737629414/

]]> Comment on Plaque to the future: the ebook edition by Gavin Williams http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/10/plaque-to-the-future-the-ebook-edition/#comment-173 Gavin Williams Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:33:44 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1467#comment-173 Small world. I used to play about with h2g2 for a while too! Will download the sample of Bill's book and see how it goes. Small world. I used to play about with h2g2 for a while too!

Will download the sample of Bill’s book and see how it goes.

]]> Comment on What is a ‘plaque’ anyway? by Ria Oldroyd http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/01/what-is-a-plaque-anyway/#comment-131 Ria Oldroyd Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:21:56 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=57#comment-131 I am trying to discover some regional history of Great Yarmouth for 23/24 South Quay, so thank you for the plaque information as this is the beginning of my journey in the search. Enjoyed reading Ria I am trying to discover some regional history of Great Yarmouth for 23/24 South Quay, so thank you for the plaque information as this is the beginning of my journey in the search.
Enjoyed reading Ria

]]> Comment on Double Plaques by myf http://blog.openplaques.org/2011/03/double-plaques/#comment-135 myf Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:42:42 +0000 http://blog.openplaques.org/?p=1356#comment-135 In Halesworth, Suffolk, there's a building with plaques for Sir William Jackson Hooker and Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20814240@N00/4869665524 Earsham House, Bungay, Suffolk has two plaques: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myf/3875266539/in/set-72157621981754516 A building in Norwich has plaques for Elizabeth Fry and Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myf/4606567235/in/set-72157621981754516 And finally, in Bath there's a building with plaques for Edmund Burke & Oliver Goldsmith: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myf/5065004579/in/set-72157621981754516 In Halesworth, Suffolk, there’s a building with plaques for Sir William Jackson Hooker and Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20814240@N00/4869665524

Earsham House, Bungay, Suffolk has two plaques: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myf/3875266539/in/set-72157621981754516

A building in Norwich has plaques for Elizabeth Fry and Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myf/4606567235/in/set-72157621981754516

And finally, in Bath there’s a building with plaques for Edmund Burke & Oliver Goldsmith: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myf/5065004579/in/set-72157621981754516

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