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Carry On commemorating! Williams’ plaques mount up
IT’S a case of Carry On... Putting Up Plaques For Kenneth Williams.
The New Journal has learned that the comic actor is to be the subject of three plaques at former homes.
Last year, fans of Williams, best known for his star turns in the Carry On comedies and narrating the cartoon Willo The Wisp, were worried he might not even have one.
Now, a week after The Heritage Foundation pinned one to the wall of his childhood home above a barber’s shop in Marchmont Street, King’s Cross, after a campaign by businesses in the street, two other bodies have said they are planning similar tributes.
John Gatenby, from the British Comedy Society, formerly the Dead Comics Society, said a plaque is planned for where his flat in Marlborough House, Osnaburgh Street, Euston, once stood.
The flat, where Williams died in 1988, was demolished to make way for a new tower block in 2007 – and with it went the Society’s first plaque.
Mr Gatenby said: “I contacted the owners, British Land, who willingly agreed to keep the plaque safe and to arrange a rededication of it once the new building is completed.”
And if that’s not enough for Kenneth fans, English Heritage also confirmed this week it was planning its own blue plaque – although the location has yet to be confirmed. It could be Queen Alexandra Mansions in Judd Street, King’s Cross, another of the actor’s former homes.
Ricci de Freitas, chairman of the Marchmont Association, who campaigned for the Marchmont Street plaque, said: “It is not unheard of for people to be recognised more than once. We support any additional plaques.” |
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