Plaque Wording: Esperance Bridge July 2021 Named by the children of the Kings Crsoss Academy, Esperance means hope, expectation and belief. The name is inspired by the Esperance Club (1895-1914), a pioneering social project for local sewing girls founded by the radical Suffragettes Mary Neal and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence.

Plaque Wording: 1869 - 1976 The Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in Southwark
Baroness Evelina de Rothschild Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild Lady Superintendent Alice Cross Dr Arthur Farre MD FRCP FRS
This plaque celebrates the founding of the Evelina Children's Hospital, which was built on this site in 1869. It commemorates the work of the founder, planners, doctors, nurses and staff, and all the generous benefactors and supporters during the hospital's first 107 years.
The hospital was founded by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in memory of the early deaths of his wife, Evelina, and their baby son. The hospital was planned by Dr Arthur Farre, obstetrician to Evelina and the royal family.
The chosen site, Southsea Court in Southwark, was in one of the poorest districts of London, where children were stricken with disease, serious infections and undernourishment leading to many deaths. This new model hospital uplifted the spirit of the people, bringing to a deprived district the hope of fighting the ravages of childhood diseases.
In 1976 the Evelina moved to Guy's Tower, Southwark, to unite with Guy's Hospital Children's Department. The old Evelina building was demolished and the area was converted into Mint Street Park.

Plaque Wording: MONUMEN? TO THE FALLEN OF THE SEA THE SYRACUSAN SAILORS WHO FALLEN DURING THE 2nd WORLD WAR ARE INSCRIBED IN THE STONE OF THIS MONUMENT. ALSO PRESENT ARE THE MEN OF THE CREW OF THE SYRACUSAN FISHING VESSEL "NUOVA MARGHERITA", WHICH EXPLODED DUE TO THE RECOVERY OF A TORPEDO IN THE WATERS OF THE PORT IN 1952.
In this space, which has always been dedicated to maritime activities, the ancient Congregation of Mutual Aid for Seafarers was founded and operated in 1397 with the name of "Portus Salutis" and here the church of the Madonna di Porto Salvo was built in 1596, a spiritual refuge where the sailors prayed before departure and upon returning to the port of Syracuse,
Once the Church was destroyed at the end of the 19th century and the Sailors' Society disappeared, at the end of the last century (29 June 1997) it was decided to erect this monument here as a permanent reminder of the men and history of Syracuse shipping. (Syracusan Society of Homeland History)

Plaque Wording: [Blitz] / The heroes with grimy faces / Winston Churchill
In honour and memory of those firefighters who gave their lives in the defence of the nation, 1939-1945.
This monument was commissioned by the founder Master of the Guild of Firefighters supported by public and service donations. MCMXC
Sculptor = John W Mills ARCA FRBS
The United Kingdom Firefighters National Memorial This memorial was re-dedicated and unveiled on the 16th September 2003 by HRH The Princess Royal (Patron to the Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust).
This memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 4 May 1991.

Plaque Wording: Croydon Road Recreation Ground 9th August 1902
Britain's First Public Airmail Flight Beckenham - Leeds Castle - Godmersham - Dover
Pilots - M Auguste Eugine Gaudron Dr Francis Alexander Barton Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic Society

Plaque Wording: This stone was erected the 8th of January 1921 in the Mayoralty of E H King Esq., J.P. to commemorate the first state-aided housing scheme commenced in the Borough of Islington. CGE Fletcher, C.B.E. Town Clerk ECP Monson, F.R.I.B.A., architect Rice and Son, builders.

Plaque Wording: First underground pilgrimage route God Bless in the Wieliczka Salt Mine opened on January 6, 2010 dedicated by Archbishop Metropolitan of Kraków Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz on behalf of the President of the Wieliczka Salt Mine S.A. Kajetan Dóbryna

Plaque Wording: Leaside - Gateway to Fish Island Funded through Leaside Regeneration Ltd SRB4 Programme - London Development Agency - Tower Hamlets - Transport for London Street Management - This project is being part-financed by the European Community European Regional Development Fund - Groundwork Hackney

Plaque Wording: In memory of the uncounted millions of animals who died, not of foot and mouth, but of the cure for foot and mouth.

Plaque Wording: The Founding of Australia at Sydney on Saturday 26th January 1788. Figures in rowing boat leaving H.M.S. Supply are Capt. Arthur Phillip, R.N., Lieut P. Gidley King, R.N. and Lieut George Johnston Marines A.D.C.

Plaque Wording: These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram, were offered for sale as housing land in 1926 when owing to changing social conditions the old Hospital was sold and demolished. After eight years of anxiety to its fate the site was eventually preserved for the use and welfare of the children of Central London by the generosity and vision of Harold Viscount Rothermere, by the efforts of the Foundling Site Appeal Council, by the co-operation of the governors of the Foundling Hospital and of the Education Committee of the London County Council, and by the enthusiasm of many thousands of donors, large and small, who contributed their money or their toil to the saving of these nine acres, henceforth to be known as Coram's Fields.

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Plaque Wording: Our brethren of '76
To the memory of those masons who provided much of the inspiration, determination and leadership for the American Revolution that brought independence to the colonists and established a free nation under God in America. The high noon club of Dallas dedicates this tablet.

Plaque Wording: To honour the memory of Admiral {illegible} and the Portuguese sailors under his command who died fighting side by side with the Maltese ... popular insurrection against French rule on the 2nd September 1798

Plaque Wording: {top left}The final Frost Fair was held in 1814. The construction of a new London Bridge with broader spans for shipping improved the flow of the tides. The Thames no longer froze over and the Frost Fairs were no more.
{top right}Sleds, sliding with skeetes, a bull-baiting, horse and coach races, puppet plays and interludes, cooks, tippling, and other lewd places ... a Bacchanalian triumph or carnival on the water.
{bottom left}Tankards of beer, ale, brandy, a dish of famous new-made coffee, tea or chocolate, Roast beef, plum cake; hot codlins, pancakes, duck, goose and sack, Rabbit, capon, Turkey and wooden Jack.
{bottom right}After the construction of London Bridge in 1468 its narrow arches slowed the Thames sufficiently for the water to freeze over in severe winters. During the freeze of 1664 the people of London took to the ice for what became the first ever Frost Fair.

Plaque Wording: To the Honour of Fulham's Gallant Dead They died for freedom 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.