{"id":6322,"date":"2013-08-16T17:34:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2013-08-16T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T16:34:42","slug":"englands-blue-plaque-scheme-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=6322","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s Blue Plaque Scheme &#8216;saved&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">English Heritage&#8217;s Blue Plaque scheme &#8211; that recognises significant buildings in the lives of London&#8217;s famous residents &#8211; has been restarted after a private donation<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Property developer David Pearl has pledged \u00a380,000 to the scheme, which had been suspended due to Government cuts to English Heritage&#8217;s budget. The Evening Standard have also given their support, encouraging the public to donate via the English Heritage website, and from next year Standard readers will able to nominate candidates for a plaque.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently 882 Blue Plaques across London &#8211; the first, erected in 1867 in Cavendish Square, honouring Lord Byron.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Evening Standard Article<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/lifestyle\/london-life\/saved-with-the-standards-help-the-peoples-plaques-8746320.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Heritage&#8217;s Blue Plaque scheme &#8211; that recognises significant buildings in the lives of London&#8217;s famous residents &#8211; has been restarted after a private donation. Property developer David Pearl has pledged \u00a380,000 to the scheme, which had been suspended due &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=6322\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6323,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322\/revisions\/6323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}