Tufton Street
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As you turn right into Smith Square...
...note the Westminster plaque remembering W. T. Stead a pioneering newspaper editor who died in the sinking of the Titanic. ///neon.anyone.value
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Continue around the square until you reach Dean Trench Street…
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At the end of Dean Trench Street turn right into Tufton Street…
Here you will find several Westminster green plaques on each side of the road.
Siegfried Sassoon lived on this street, but only the site remains, marked by a Westminster green plaque. He was an English poet, writer, and soldier who had been decorated for bravery on the Western Front. His poetry and autobiographical novels described the horrors of the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in his view, were responsible for a jingoistic war. ///pepper.groom.decent
Sir Michael Balcon lived at number 57a and was an English film producer, known for his leadership of Ealing Studios from 1938 to 1955. Under his direction, it became one of the most notable British film studios whose output included the famous Ealing Comedies. ///fire.remedy.liked
At number 5 there is an English heritage plaque honouring Eleanor Rathbone. She was a Member of parliament (MP) and long-term campaigner for women's rights. ///evenly.jabs.doll