Margaret Lockwood to be honoured with English Heritage blue plaque

The plaque will be installed at the British actress’s former home in Upper Norwood, followed by a screening of The Lady Vanishes

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On 21st November, 2018, British stage and screen star, Margaret Lockwood, will be honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque.

The blue plaques scheme honours notable men and women in London who have lived or worked in the building. Outside the capital, the scheme is administered by the British Plaque Trust.

Margaret Lockwood moved to Upper Norwood as a child with her mother and brother in the 1920s, moving to a number of properties in the area.

The unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque comes a little over three years after the Heritage Foundation unveiled a plaque to Lockwood at her former home in Kingston. You can watch my talk about Margaret Lockwood that I gave at the time.

The unveiling takes place from 11.45am on 21st November at 14 Highland Road, London, SE19 1DP. There will be a screening afterwards of The Lady Vanishes (1938) at the Everyman Cinema, Crystal Palace from 1.30pm.

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The house at 14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood, ready for the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque honouring its former resident, British actress Margaret Lockwood
14 Highland Road, ready for Margaret Lockwood blue plaque unveiling  
The house at 14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood, ready for the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque honouring its former resident, British actress Margaret Lockwood.
No 14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London sports a new blue plaque in honour of former resident Margaret Lockwood. Plaque reads ‘English Heritage Margaret Lockwood 1916-1990 Actress lived here’
Margaret Lockwood blue plaque at 14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood  
No 14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London sports a new blue plaque in honour of former resident Margaret Lockwood. Plaque reads ‘English Heritage Margaret Lockwood 1916-1990 Actress lived here’
Speakers at the unveiling of the Margaret Lockwood blue plaque in Upper Norwood gather for photographs. Picture shows (L-R): Sarah Cronin-Stanley (Talking Pictures TV) Prof Lynda Nead (English Heritage), Betty Elzea (second cousin of Margaret Lockwood), Tania Todd and Martha Clarke (great-granddaughter of Margaret Lockwood)
Speakers at the Upper Norwood Margaret Lockwood blue plaque unveiling  
Speakers at the unveiling of the Margaret Lockwood blue plaque in Upper Norwood gather for photographs. Picture shows (L-R): Sarah Cronin-Stanley (Talking Pictures TV) Prof Lynda Nead (English Heritage), Betty Elzea (second cousin of Margaret Lockwood), Tania Todd and Martha Clarke (great-granddaughter of Margaret Lockwood)
Owner of Silver Sirens, Richard Williams, at the unveiling of the English Heritage blue plaque to Margaret Lockwood at her former home at 14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London on 22nd November, 2018
Richard Williams at the unveiling of Margaret Lockwood’s blue plaque  
Owner of Silver Sirens, Richard Williams, at the unveiling of the English Heritage blue plaque to Margaret Lockwood at her former home at 14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London on 22nd November, 2018.
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