The Blue Plaques Guy

Hunting blue plaques for fun and profit. (May contain: random London stuff, history bits, nuts).
#london #blueplaques #history #plaquetivist

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Today in Ladybird 12 Feb 1947 Christian Dior presents his first influential collection, which quickly came to be called the "New Look"

[Swindon Heritage @SwindonHeritage]

Mirror's superb feature on Diana Dors and our blue plaque: https://t.co/HTOzipwFAs #Swindon @HurricaneInMink

[Ben Van Der Velde @VanderLaugh]

Read+share this excellent thread reminding @RichardHammond that, despite company + appearances, he's not a sniggering 14 year old any more. https://t.co/hLyxNgROvk

[JOHN HURST @walkingthepast]

@BluePlaquesGuy @oldlondonnow Known for his seascapes of the Scottish coast and islands. Melbury Road W14. House is now block of flats

[JOHN HURST @walkingthepast]

@BluePlaquesGuy @oldlondonnow His works inc. Cromwell outside Parliament & Boadicea on Westminster Bridge. 2a Melbury Rd W14

[Brandon Lewis @BrandonLewis]

Great to see blue plaque going up to mark site in #Gorleston where first moving pictures were taken in East Anglia. https://t.co/Ad6Ewohtyq

[Dr Alexandra Ault @AlexandraAult]

Triple whammy autumnal #blueplaque brilliance on Marchmont St including one of my favourite printmakers John Skinner Prout

[September Publishing @septemberbooks]

If your kids like colourful history and you fancy a London walk try a Blue Plaque walking tour #HalfTerm #loveLondon https://t.co/nHXJ99iXcN

[LondonRemembers @LondonRemembers]

Born 200 yrs today, John Simon, early implementer of public health reforms, starting in City of London. W8 plaque: https://t.co/ZpcYS4LXN9

[Sara Schillemore @SaraSchillemore]

Monday 17/10 Blue Plaque in memory of Blondie Hasler. Unveiled byLord Ashdown at the family home in Glamorgan Road, Catherington at 1130.

[Tim Bell @TigersTimBell]

Wandering around London I say a blue plaque for the skipper of HMS Bounty. Set adrift by mutineers & endured 6,500km in open boat. #history

[English Heritage @EnglishHeritage]

Happy #AdaLovelaceDay! You can find her #blueplaque in #Westminster! https://t.co/qRmuSEJ0zY

[Roger G Smith @Smith45R]

New blue plaque unveiled in Ipswich. Margaret Tempest illustrated the Little Grey Rabbit books by Alison Uttley.

[Kevin McLoughlin @Kev_McLoughlin]

First programmer, collaborator with Babbage and the daughter of Byron #adalovelaceday - worthy of a #blueplaque and more https://t.co/oWv1FkC0Em

[Stephen Davies @sahelsteve]

New Blog Post: my blue plaque pilgrimage to the homes of Oscar Wilde, Jerome K Jerome and PG Wodehouse https://t.co/vwwFmG00UV

[The Restart Project @RestartProject]

And we thought numbers of women in STEM were low! Noting: 13% of blue plaques dedicated to women https://t.co/juVuM2E86u #AdaLovelaceDay https://t.co/A0yVf1R8FH

[S🌸usanJ LDN @lifestylings]

#AvaLoveLace the 1st #computer programmer 19C https://t.co/mAQOqZnH3n @drninaansary #AdaLovelaceDay #women @BluePlaquesGuy #Marylebone #STEM

[JOHN HURST @walkingthepast]

@BluePlaquesGuy @oldlondonnow What would he have made of SatNav & Uber!!? 27 Sumner Place SW7

[The Blue Plaques Guy @BluePlaquesGuy]

Extra #blueplaque #OTD is the musician Samuel Wesley, who died #onthisday in 1837.

https://t.co/Mi7MSHDUbu

[The Blue Plaques Guy @BluePlaquesGuy]

#blueplaque of the day is the poet and essayist Alice Meynell, who was born #OTD in 1847.

https://t.co/996qTJHqkD