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John Gilroy black plaque

Commemorative plaque

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This black commemorative plaque records: 25 Kingsley Place. John Gilroy 1898-1985. Lived in this house as a boy. Royal Portrait painter, Advertising designer & artist famous for the Guinness Zoo Animals & World War II posters. ‘Be like Dad - Keep Mum’. Recorded plaque organisation: City of Newcastle upon Tyne.

From the Open Plaques record 42665

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