take the hobbit author, jr tolkien, there is a plaque for him, here after he spent one night at thisles dickens is on about 50 blue plaques. mike reid, the former radio one dj is head of the trust, and believes they may be becoming a little devalued. i remember another one that said ‘this house is very old.‘ i thought, we've got a lot of houses that are very old. you've got to be careful, and very selective. just how many of these blue plaques are there? in windsor alone there are 2a, with everyone from the bridge designer charles wallace to the less well—known a local man who decided to make a perfect windsor. around 900 of these plaques exist in britain today. there are three main types of blue plaques, including english heritage. when you hear that charles dickens has about 50... it's ridiculous. i'm on a blue plaque. i was part of a band in the 1960s. don't believe him ? here's the proof. living or not, blue, white, they seem to have created their own mini war of the walls. duncan kennedy, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. the weather