On this site Susan Garth launched London's first antiques market making the Portobello Road an international institution.
"Antiques market" might means a shop with multiple stalls inside selling antiques, run by different people. A date would have been helpful. See June Aylward for a similar claim.
W11, Portobello Road, 169, Red Lion Antiques Market
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Susan Garth
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