Blue Plaques

In December 2002 we launched the Blue Plaques campaign. The idea came from an earlier campaign with Southwark Heritage Association.

We asked readers to vote for your favourite Southwark personality, landmark or event from a list of 50 - and 10,468 of you did just that! Since then all sorts of people, places and events have been awarded blue plaques, from one going up on a house in Dulwich where Phyllis Pearsall, the inventor of the A-Z, was born to Bermondsey's Peek Freans biscuit factory.

The nominations are now open for next year's Blue Plaques, if you wish to nominate somebody or an institution then call 020 7525 2000, or send and e-mail to vote4icons@southwark.gov.uk.

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2007/08 BLUE PLAQUES WINNERS UNVEILED... >

SAUSAGE SHOP, FOOTBALLER AND CHARLIE DRAKE ARE NOMINATED FOR BLUE PLAQUE
25 Nov 08 - A SAUSAGE shop, international footballer, controversial campaigner and a cemetery are among the nominees for a Southwark Blue Plaque...

BIG FAMILY TURNOUT FOR THE SNAPPER WHO DOCUMENTED THE ELEPHANT
17 Oct 08 - THE FAMILY and friends of wartime photographer Bert Hardy turned out in huge numbers last Sunday, to witness the unveiling of his Blue Plaque...

WARTIME SONGS AS PLAQUE UNVEILED FOR FORCES FAVOURITE ANNE SHELTON
10 Oct 08 - A PLAQUE was unveiled in honour of wartime songstress Anne Shelton at her long time home on Monday...
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ANNE SHELTON GETS BLUE PLAQUE
02 Oct 08 - WARTIME SONGSTRESS Anne Shelton's Blue Plaque will be erected next Monday - the second of the latest winners to be put up this year...

OUR 'ENRY TO UNVEIL HIS OWN BLUE PLAQUE
01 Sep 08 - A BLUE Plaque to celebrate the life of Sir Henry Cooper will be the first of the 2007 winners in the ‘News’ and council scheme to be unveiled...

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE FOR BLUE PLAQUES
03 Mar 08 - There is now only a week to go until voting closes on February 29, so here is a summary of the nominees, in case you missed them over the last few months. ..

THE DULWICH GIRL WHO MADE HOLLYWOOD CINEMATIC HISTORY
25 Feb 08 - The girl from Dulwich will be remembered for many things - her on screen roles as the shimmering blondes in her early career to the femme fatale brunettes she specialised in later on. ..

THE FILM STUDIOS FOR LOCALS AS WELL AS HOLLYWOOD A-LIST STARS
11 Feb 08 - The common conception of film studios is of inaccessible places which protect the stars, but this couldn't be further from the truth with Sands. ..
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THE PECKHAM MAN WHO TOLD THE COUNTRY TO ‘GET ON THEIR BIKES’
28 Jan 08 - Edward Turner, the boy from Walworth with brains to burn and a drive to succeed, made the best bikes in the world, all emanating from his small shop on Peckham Road. ..
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SIR ROBERT HUNTER - A MAN YOU COULD PUT YOUR TRUST IN
14 Jan 08 - We often read that what makes us quintessentially British, or English, is being eroded by the Americanisation of our culture, or more recently mass immigration, so the role of organisations such as the National Trust in preserving and securing our history is ever more vital...

BOROUGH BUTCHER'S SON WHO BROUGHT HARVARD TO BOOK
24 Dec 07 - Southwark is quite rightly proud of its sons who go on and make an impact on the world stage - Chaplin and Caine's efforts on the silver screen, and on us, have rightly been given a plaque in their honour. ..

THE PECKHAM BASED PAPER FACTORY WITH GUMPTION!
04 Dec 07 - As a group of youngsters who grew up in the shadows of the Samuel Jones factory we occasionally wondered what went on in the massive structure that dominated the skyline along Southampton Way. ..
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THE DULWICH TEENAGER WHO GAVE VERA LYNN A RUN FOR HER MONEY!
19 Nov 07 - It has come as no surprise to the 'News' that Anne Shelton has picked up a nomination for a Blue Plaque. ..
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WELL OVER 50 BLUE PLAQUES LATER... AND COUNTING...
19 Nov 07 - In December 2002 we launched the Blue Plaques campaign and it has been going strong ever since. ..

DOES CLUBLAND HAVE MORE THAN TWO HOPES FOR VOTE?
29 Oct 07 - Clubland is many things to many people. It is not only an institution that has served and saved youths in Southwark, but was also used to show London's wartime defiance when it was resurfaced after being hit by a bomb. ..