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Plaque Of The Day
Pandora Gallery film cell plaque
Jez says, "The Pandora Gallery plaque is one that I must have walked past a hundred times and never seen. It is on Brighton seafront and has been battered by the sea winds until you can hardly see the writing. "
Place Of The Day
Norwich, United Kingdom
Norwich has a long history. It has been a city since 1094. From the Middle Ages until the Industrial Revolution, Norwich was the largest city in England after London and one of the most important. This is refelected in its plaques.
Most-viewed plaques
In the last 11 years, between 20 May 2009 to 6 Jan 2021, Open Plaques had 4,530,517 page views from 1,234,480 users. Some were triggered by internet memes such as Steve Ullathorne's 2012 image of a George Orwell plaque with a CCTV camera next to it. Others, such as those for Alan Turing, were probably triggered by an anniversary and campaign for recognition.
- George Orwell 1903-1950 novelist & political essayist lived here (19526 page views)
- Jacob von Hogflume 1864-1909 Inventor of time travel. lived here in 2189 (15077 page views)
- George Orwell 1903-1950 novelist and political essayist lived here (6390 page views)
- Jimi Hendrix 1942-1970 guitarist and songwriter lived here 1968-1969 (5714 page views)
- Alan Turing 1912-1954 founder of computer science and cryptographer, whose work was key to breaking the wartime Enigma codes, lived and died here. (4085 page views)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930 creator of Sherlock Holmes lived here 1891-1894 (3846 page views)
- Alan Turing 1912-1954 code breaker lived here from 1945-1947 (3679 page views)
- This building housed the offices of Charles Dickens' magazine 'All The Year Round' and his private apartments 1859-1870 (3339 page views)
- Dame Agatha Christie 1890-1976 detective novelist and playwright lived here 1934-1941 (3027 page views)
- The Peterloo Massacre. On 16th August 1819, a peaceful rally of 60,000 pro-democracy reformers, men, women and children was attacked by armed cavalry resulting in 15 deaths and over 600 injuries. (3006 page views)
recently photographed plaques
Texas Historical Marker #09711
Site of Fort Croghan. Established by Lieut. C. H. Tyler, United States Second Dragoons, by order of the War Department, March 18, 1849, as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Abandoned in December, 1853 as the settlements had extended farther west. #9711
703 SH 29, Burnet, TX, United States
Gustav Holst 1874-1934 composer wrote The Planets and taught here
St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, W8, London, United Kingdom
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Bank House King's Staithe Square Site of the medieval Tolbooth, facing Bishop's Staithe. House of 1682, and a former Custom House. West wing built c1750. In 1782 became Gurney & Birkbeck's Lynn Bank, with a Counting House built in 1788.
King's Staithe Square, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
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Henry De Vere Stacpoole 1863 - 1951 Physician, novelist, poet lived here for thirty years until his death in 1951.
Bonchurch Shute, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
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Paul Rodgers 1834-1901 Shipbuilder lived here adjacent to shipyard
Marine Cottage, Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, United Kingdom
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Edward Jenner 1749-1823 discoverer of vaccination lived here
Alpha House, St George’s Road, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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"Герой Советского Союза Тулен Кабилов (1917-1945)".
English translation: “Hero of the Soviet Union Tulen Kabilov (1917-1945)”. [AWS Translate]
ул. Радищева, 81, Калининград - Kaliningrad, Russia
Texas Historical Marker #07601
Vicory Barker Tunstall. (October 21, 1876 -- February 8, 1953) Born west of Crockett. A noted musician. Houston County District Clerk, 1918-22. A barber by trade. In boyhood, studied violin. At 16, began teaching. At 20, opened Tunstall Music House. Traveled East Texas 50 years with band that included his ten children. Founded World's Championship Fiddler's Festival, 1937. At 1951 state fair was proclaimed the Champion Fiddler of Texas. Married (1st), Emma Virginia English; (2nd) Mrs. Lillie Shanks. #7601
?, Crockett, TX, United States
Register Office 1878. Formerly the Mechanics Institution, this building was the first purpose-built centre in Accrington to provide further education to the working classes.
Mechanics Institute, Willow Street, Accrington, United Kingdom
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Их имена, их славные боевые дела не забудутся никогда. Никто не забыт, ничто не забыто.
English translation: Their names, their glorious fighting affairs will never be forgotten. No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten. [AWS Translate]
, Буньково - Bun'kovo, Russia
Langtry Manor Hotel Built 1877 as the Red House for the socialite, beauty and actress Lillie Langtry "The Jersey Lilly" (1853-1929) Edward Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) provided this residence to which he was a frequent visitor
Derby Road, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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R v Dudley and Stephens. Thomas Dudley and Edwin Stephens were detained before trial in cells under this building which was then Falmouth Police Station. Their vessel Mignonette sailing from Southampton to Sydney, sank in heavy seas 1600 miles off the Cape of Good Hope on 5th July 1884. After 20 days in an open tender in desperation they killed and consumed a third, almost like-expired crewmember. They were rescued on 29th July by the barque Montezuma bound for Hamburg which delivered them to Falmouth on 6th September 1884. By a directed special verdict of the jury their case was referred from Exeter Assizes to a specially convened panel of the High Court in London presided over by the Lord Chief Justice. Although convicted of murder and sentenced to death, this was commuted by the Crown to six months imprisonment without hard labour. The case confirmed the legal principle that no matter how dire the circumstances, murder could never be justified. That principle was not relaxed until the extreme circumstances of the 21st century case of the Siamese twins Mary and Jodie.
33 Market Street, Falmouth, United Kingdom