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,...
Charles McCall, DAEdin, ROI, NEAC, 1907-1989, artist, lived and died here.
2013: "W H Reynolds Electrical Contractor Ltd" is still listed on many find-a-business type websites but that's all we can discover.
The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supportin...
In our photo the plaque can be seen just above and behind the pedestrian's head. Built before the Westway these flats would have felt mu...
In the 1930s, the date of the plaque, this building was occupied, 1868 - 1964, by the Sisters of the Misericorde but we still cannot expl...
Born Derbyshire. Inherited the baronetcy from his grandfather. Married an heir of the Coutts banking family. From the ODNB: "When in London, the Burdetts lived at 1 Stratton Street (the home of Tho...
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