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Siege of Sidney Street and Peter Piaktow plaque

Siege of Sidney Street and Peter Piaktow plaque

Siege of Sidney Street · Gunfight

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Inscription

“Painter House. This block was built in 2006 by Tower Hamlets Community Housing and named after Peter Piaktow, who was know as Peter the Painter, anti-hero of the nearby Sidney Street Siege in 1911”

Details

1911-11

Life dates

Sidney Street

E1

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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People & Places Honored

  • Siege of Sidney Street

    gunfight · (1911)

  • Peter Piaktow

    criminal

Categories

20th C

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