Bench Tales
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The strange case of Croy Devenish-Phibbs
Five years ago a spate of witty bench plaques - including one in Dartmouth Park - mystified a nation...
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The moving stories behind memorial park bench inscriptions
For 18 months Stephen Emms wrote a Time Out column on the singular tales behind park benches. We republish The Times Magazine feature that kicked ...
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Bench Tales – back now as a regular series
[quote] It’s about the democratisation of human stories; the idea that no-one is boring” [/quote] Readers may remember my scribblings on the stories behind memorial ...
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Bench Tales: The Postmen’s bench, Kentish Town Delivery Office
‘In Memory Of Postman Edward “Teddy” Hutton, Friend and Colleague Died May 2005’ and ‘In Memory Of Postman Steve Abbott Rest in Peace’ Russell Burke, ...
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Valentine’s Day: What is the Memorial To The Unknown Husband?
The mysterious plaque on the South Bank has mystified passers-by for years
Bench Stories
Free Weekend? Contemplate A Park Bench
Like many addicts, it started with a single line. Except, in my case, it was on a bench, a little way off the main path ...
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Local Hero?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V8VeuvlTlw] Gospel Oak boy Benjamin Garfield dropped us a line the other day about ‘Benches’, a three minute flick he’s entered into this year’s Reed ...
Bench Stories
Bench Tales: ‘They Could Do With A Bench Here’: Lewis Greifer (1915-2003)
A renowned TV scriptwriter, whose work included The Prisoner, Dr Who and Crossroads, Lewis Greifer was a true lover of Hampstead Heath, not just because ...
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