The Eagle Tavern, Grecian theatre, pleasure grounds, Grecian saloon & Olympic theatre, stood here, 1825 - 1899. Here Marie Lloyd, music hall artiste, made her first public performance in 1885.
N1, Shepherdess Place, The Eagle pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - plaque
Spitlefields Life has an excellent write-up of the 19th century entertainment...
Music hall artiste. Born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood at 36 Plumber Street, Ho...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - plaque
The building was also restored after WW2 damage. There can't be much of the original left.
Here, 50 years ago, Allen Lane published his first paperbacks, thereby changing reading habits throughout the English-speaking world. 30 ...
This plaque is high on the east end of the church, the surrounding garden being so blighted by aircraft noise we were surprised that our ...
London SE1 reported this house was for sale at £2.75m: "100 Lambeth Road was Bligh's home from 1794 onwards, but he left his family behin...
The Listing entry explains: "West wing, originally built 1615 and incorporating panelled schoolroom probably about that date. Architect M...
This toll gate is thought to have stood about where Marble Arch now stands.
There is a third plaque (far right) but it's about some gardening prize which we didn't find sufficiently interesting. During the early p...
Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his w...
The ninety four men and women of Guy's Hospital who gave their lives during the war of 1939 - 1945.
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