US EditionLondon's Historic Blue Plaques Seek More Diversity as 1,000th Marker Is Unveiled
- English Heritage is expanding its blue plaque program to include more women, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and community groups in order to better reflect the diversity of London.
- Each year, English Heritage installs a dozen blue plaques to honor notable individuals, with selections made from about 100 nominations. The process involves crafting the plaques from clay, inscribing them with the honoree's name and accomplishments, applying a blue glaze, and firing them in a kiln.
- Recent plaques have honored figures such as Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, a suffragette and critic of British rule in India; Ottobah Cugoano, a campaigner against slavery; and Ada Salter, the first woman to be elected mayor of a London borough.
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London's Historic Blue Plaques Seek More Diversity as 1,000th Marker Is Unveiled
A resounding thump breaks the silence as Jaulia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a rectangle about an inch thick. Laying a pattern on top of the slab, Heywood slices through the clay to create a disc the size of an extra-large pizza that will become one of the blue plaques that dot the walls of buildings throughout London, marking the pl…
Making a mark: London's historic blue plaques seek more diversity as 1,000th marker is unveiled
LONDON (AP) -- A resounding thump breaks the silence as Julia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a rectangle about an inch thick.
Making a mark: London’s historic blue plaques seek more diversity as 1,000th marker is unveiled
LONDON (AP) — A resounding thump breaks the silence as Julia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a rectangle about an inch thick.
Making a mark: London’s historic blue plaques seek more diversity as 1,000th marker is unveiled
LONDON (AP) — A resounding thump breaks the silence as Julia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a rectangle about an inch thick.
Making a mark: London’s historic blue plaques seek more diversity as 1,000th marker is unveiled
LONDON (AP) — A resounding thump breaks the silence as Julia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a rectangle about an inch thick.
Making a mark: London’s historic blue plaques seek more diversity as 1,000th marker is unveiled
LONDON (AP) — A resounding thump breaks the silence as Julia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a rectangle about an inch thick.
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