More stories behind the Blue Plaques with @MikeReadUK

🔵 3pm THE WRITING ON THE WALL #TPTVsubtitles features include #FredPerry #HerbertChapman #MarkKnopfler

Inspired by last Saturday's talk by @rosiefiore.bsky.social about the location of Lucy Westenra's tomb in the fictional churchyard of Kingstead, I decided to make a Friday 13th visit to St. Mary's Churchyard in Hendon.

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#dracula #kingstead #lucywestenra #herbertchapman

100 years ago Herbert Chapman became Arsenal manager. A football revolutionary, he added the white sleeves to the previously all-red Arsenal shirts and he introduced numbered shirts. He also persuaded London Underground to rename Gillespie Road station 'Arsenal'.
#HerbertChapman #Arsenal #AFC

Knock #fifa all you like (and rightly so), but staging the opening of the world cup on the 101st anniversary of Herbert Chapman’s appointment as Arsenal manager is a nice touch #Arsenal #HerbertChapman #gunners #azteca

The gravestone of Herbert Chapman. Former Arsenal manager.

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