The Pickwick Bicycle Club was founded here on 22 June 1870. At that first meeting, it was decided that the Downs Hotel should be the general rendezvous for bi-weekly excursions on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Closed in 2007, now residential.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Downs Hotel
Commemorated ati
Pickwick Bicycle Club
Hackney Citizen 25 June 2014 gives the history of the club and explains "A co...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Marks and Spencer
Retail group specialising in clothing and food, founded by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer. There are currently over 700 branches in the U.K. and more than 300 spread over thirty other countries.
2 memorials
Henry Shrubsole
Banker, draper and former mayor of Kingston upon Thames: 1877, 1878 and 1879. At an annual dinner given for the poor, he had just finished his speech and was in the act of presenting a small packet...
1 memorial
New Tunbridge Wells
Pleasure Gardens and Medicinal Well. Also known as Islington Spa.
1 memorial
2 memorials