Open Plaques

Project to collect & open up data about plaques & people they commemorate. Blog archive Tweets: @deirdrenotes @jnicho02 @frankieroberto

[Open Plaques @openplaques]

NEWS: Analysis of Open Plaques data featured in @heraldscotland today shows only 3 out of 91 #Glasgow plaques & 52 out of 377 #Edinburgh plaques commemorate women [we've corrected the slight errors in the story's figures] https://t.co/5pL4aX8wL9

[Elliott Brown @ellrbrown]

@openplaques San Sebastian. Ones I found last month.

https://t.co/b9OrzvUGoH

[Open Plaques @openplaques]

Great photo of music producer, pioneer of sound recording technology & "Telstar Man" Joe Meek's plaque on the flat where he lived on Holloway Rd https://t.co/8kzjF3R3TH https://t.co/MKh4jKNwFO

[Psychedelic Jukebox @60sPsychJukebox]

July 10th 1962 NASA launches the Telstar 1 satellite, the first active communications satellite, inspiring the Tornadoes' instrumental hit "Telstar" later that year.

[Open Plaques @openplaques]

@60sPsychJukebox @joel_ca_c https://t.co/WGGg414b54

[Open Plaques @openplaques]

Great photo of music producer, pioneer of sound recording technology & "Telstar Man" Joe Meek's plaque on the flat where he lived on Holloway Rd https://t.co/8kzjF3R3TH https://t.co/MKh4jKNwFO

[Irish History Bitesize! @lorraineelizab6]

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (30 Oct? 1751 #Dublin-7 July 1816). 7, moved to London.👨‍🎓English Grammar, Grafton St; Harrow. Satirist, poet, playwright, owner @TheatreRoyalDL, Whig MP 32 yrs. Treasurer of Navy. 🪦Poets' Corner @wabbey. https://t.co/d0imMOYB92 https://t.co/r68q94tIt7

[Open Plaques @openplaques]

@orford Thanks Andrew, will try that, but the reality is vast majority of users (including us) mainly use the mobile app. Just tried accessing that data on the app in our pinned tweet and no facility to see who liked it. Why do they think this is a good idea, why add difficulties? :(

[Open Plaques @openplaques]

Likes are private now - so what's the point of bookmarks? And you can only know who liked yr post via notifications... what about posts more than a few week old? Unusable & insane. Can it get any worse?

[Open Plaques @openplaques]

@benmckenna @subtopian The People for Portland Rd will have justice :)

[Subtopian @subtopian]

Further niche tourism.

[Elliott Brown @ellrbrown]

Forge Mill, Redditch @openplaques

https://t.co/EYDB4Du6Ao

[Elliott Brown @ellrbrown]

The Norton plaque @openplaques at the National Motorcycle Museum. Apparently formerly located at Bracebridge Street, Aston, Birmingham.

https://t.co/JwLRvjQrqv

[York Civic Trust @yorkcivictrust]

Today’s the day!

A blue plaque to Austin Wright will be unveiled at 1:30pm today in Poppleton (come along!)

If you want to know more about Austin Wright, you can do so here:

https://t.co/m2FyjAtdyx

[Hackney CVS @hackneycvs]

The #JamesBaldwin blue plaque is unveiled. @hackneycitizen @hackneygazette

[Hackney CVS @hackneycvs]

A fantastic morning unveling the blue plaque in memory of James Baldwin's visit to the CLR James library in 1985. Great speeches, great crowd, great vibe. With thanks to @NubianJak @blackhistwalker

[Open Plaques @openplaques]

@TiCLme @AncientYewGroup @godsacre @arborsmarty @Safernoc934 @keeper_of_books @mathilebrandts @greenachiever @AncientTreesATF @shrewsmorris @ShropCouncil @TreeStrategist @CST_tree @woodlandsteward @RoadToRuinShrop @OutdoorShrops @johntree1981 @StrettonArtFest @ShropsWildlife @ShropClimate @thetreehunter 💚

[TiCL (NO to a blue tick) @TiCLme]

#thicktrunktuesday

Shropshire, this is wonderful 🤩

https://t.co/LCl3yFn7ka

@AncientYewGroup @godsacre @arborsmarty @Safernoc934 @keeper_of_books @mathilebrandts @greenachiever @AncientTreesATF @shrewsmorris @ShropCouncil @TreeStrategist

[TiCL (NO to a blue tick) @TiCLme]

This #thicktrunktuesday has been 3000 years in the making 🤩

#GreatTreesof West Sussex

#GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB

@AncientTreesATF @sdnpa @keeper_of_books @ricardorichards @BuffDavis @johntree1981 @RGE_Art @TweetForTheMany @mathilebrandts @arborsmarty

[Dublin City Council @DubCityCouncil]

A commemorative plaque dedicated to Devlin’s Pub was unveiled early this morning by the Lord Mayor of Dublin. The building which was the original site for Devlin’s Pub on Parnell Street was an important meeting venue for GHQ Intelligence from 1919 to 1921. Read more about the history of the building here: https://t.co/opWgVsSdHz

[Elliott Brown @ellrbrown]

Tudor World - Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. They have moved The Shrieve's House blue plaque into the cobbled courtyard. @openplaques

https://t.co/K9ocTTjObp