The Roger Bucklesby Bench Plaque Is Real, Sort Of

There really is a plaque in London that says “In memory of Roger Bucklesby. Who hated this park, and everyone in it”. But there never was a Roger Bucklesby.

The image got thousands of retweets, millions of views on Imgur, over half a million likes on Facebook. The trouble was, nobody was sure where the bench was, or if the plaque was real. Was it photoshopped? Was it a real-life hoax? Was there ever a person called Roger Bucklesby?

Here's the answer:

The plaque is real, and you can find it on a bench in London - but it's also a hoax of sorts. Roger himself never actually existed.

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The man behind Roger Bucklesby is author Jamie Maslin. He installed the plaque just two weeks ago - the day before leaving the country to emigrate to Australia.

Jamie Maslin

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