Atkinsons Carillon
The only carillon in London is housed in the tower which surmounts this building.
A carillon of 23 bells, it is played by hand on special occasions of public and private rejoicing.
Atkinsons, founded in 1799, has sold perfumes and beauty products on this site since 1832.
W1, Old Bond Street, 24
In the photograph of the building the plaque is at the corner, behind the right-most man of the group of three.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Atkinsons Carillon
The only carillon in London. Dictionary definition of 'Carillon': a set of b...
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This plaque is on one of the much distressed pillars at the foot of the steps.
English Heritage Thomas Gage, 1721 - 1787, Commander of British Forces in North American, lived here.
Wikipedia explains: "According to John Stow, in 1370, the Brabant weaver community was ordered by the Mayor to meet in the churchyard of ...
In 1951 the pub was called Grafton's and run by Jimmy Grafton who helped create the Goons and get them on the radio.
Investment banker. Chairman of Beechams Pills Ltd in 1936. Chairman of Covent Garden Properties Company Limited, in 1933. The most interesting fact we can discover is that he moved into 68 Brook St...
Thomas Booth was born circa 1894 in Nowgong, East India, a son of Thomas and Agnes Elizabeth Booth. On 31 March 1901 when the 1901 census was undertaken, he is shown as a 6-year-old boy living at ...
Orwell was in lodgings here for a brief period: from late 1927 to Spring 1928, when he moved to Paris.
Harini Raghuveer was born in May 1954 and has been a director of several companies including Harndale Shipmanagement Services Ltd that was formed on 31 January 1984. Electoral registers from 2003 t...
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