So as well as some fine buildings there are plenty of Blue Plaques showing important residents of London's often fashionable King's Road area.
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| The 'Mess' by the Saatchi Gallery |
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| Home to a Painter and a Poet |
Our City Lit guide unlike me is not a fan of
Dante Gabriel Rossetti -seems he lived at this address in Cheyne walk with the sometime poet
Swinburne.
Also on our route were the homes of
Scott (of the Antarctic) and the composer
Thomas Attwood.
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| Scott of Chelsea (& Antarctic) |
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| The composer Thomas Attwood |
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| Sloane backed the 'garden' |
Here we can see the connections to King Henry and Sir Hans Sloane -Sloane was a figure behind the Chelsea Physic Garden.
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| A part of a very real history that played out in West London |
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Also just by Saatchi Gallery which is hosting a look back at the Rolling Stones this dramamtically red pair of lips (times two).
Amazing how the band's brand still can utilise Mick's lips - I wonder if younger listeners know the derivation.
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| A lifetime on the lips |
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