A-Z

The creator or the London’s A-Z map Phyllis Pearsall is to be honoured with the unveiling of a Southwark Council Blue Plaque.

The Londonist reports:

Pearsall covered 23,000 streets, working 18 hour days and founded her own company at a time when working women were still ridiculed. Even then, she initially had to personally fulfil orders by running round town with a wheelbarrow – kind of putting the cart back into cartography.

Ms Pearsall is clearly a lady who should be honoured and acknowledged for her deeds. Without her map many, many people including myself would have been lost countless times in the streets of London.