Joseph Simms, clock maker, 1745 - 1770.
EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date.
This modern building sports a clock (of course) with Roman numeral hours and, on the side, "XXXIII" or 33, the street number.
The plaque overlooks a patch of grass and a fenced concrete playground where Ferdinand played as a child.
The plaque gives Cook's address as 126 Upper Shadwell. Horward's 1799 map gives house numbers, and 126 Upper Shadwell was on the north s...
Gracie lived here in a flat above a sweet shop, 1926 - 1929, with her parents and first husband, Archie Pitt. She made her London debu...
No visible bit of the Wall that we could see. On our London Wall page is a link to a site that has photos of more of these nice blue-bord...
We cannot explain what this plaque is doing here. The MAIDIC is mentioned in the London Gazette of 12/6/1928 in connection with the land...
