Newby's ice store stood on the north bank of the canal in the 1860s. Ice was used to keep food fresh for transport, and in shops. Imported mainly from Norway, it was delivered along the canal by horse-drawn barges to Newby's, where it was stored in deep ice wells.
Bridge to Nowhere - Burgess Park Heritage Trail
www.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk
SE5, Burgess Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Newby's ice store
Newby's ice store stood on the north bank of the canal in the 1860s. Ice was ...
Ice was cut in Norway, transported by ship to London, stored and then distrib...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Newby's ice store
The Friends of Burgess Park are an association of people and other interested...
The Matcham plaque is inside, on the landing for the dress circle bar. The 1950 film Night and the City shows Richard Widmark entering B...
Plaque is on a corner at the back of the building.
Double Olympic gold medallist Andy Holmes, MBE, 1959 - 2010, Latymerian oarsman Double world champion
This stadium was demolished in 2016 and we can't find out what happened to the plaques so we have marked them all as lost.
