Dr Johnson
Johnson was a good friend of the Thrales who owned the Anchor Brewery which once occupied this site. We've read that this image was the trademark for the brewery (or its successor Barclay Perkins) but we can't corroborate that.
SE1, Porter Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, St...
Thrale.com states that the Anchor name was acquired during Child's ownership,...
Unveiled by Madness, including Suggs, that Londonphile.
The dates on the plaque indicate the anticipated period of construction, but in the event the theatre did not open until November 1924.
We would not normally have collected this, since it is really just a (not very interesting) foundation stone, but we were pleased to have...
We thank our colleague, Alan Patient, for providing the photos.
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