Plaque

Hackney Empire pavement plaque - Barbara Windsor

Erection date: 25/5/1917

Inscription

Dame Barbara Windsor - actress

Unveiled by Babs herself.

Site: Hackney Empire (4 memorials)

E8, Mare Street

The round plaque is on the wall under the main entrance canopy, high up, near the first "E" of Empire. The three brass plaques are in the pavement under the canopy. It took us a while but finally we recognised the shape of these plaques - a ticket dispensed by those old style machines in theatre and cinema box offices.

A news item on the 2017 Windsor unveiling promises "more plaques will be added to the pavements around the theatre."

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hackney Empire pavement plaque - Barbara Windsor

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Dame Barbara Windsor

Actor. Born Barabara Ann Deeks in Shoreditch. She made her west end debut in ...

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Hackney Empire pavement plaque - Barbara Windsor

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Dame Barbara Windsor

Actor. Born Barabara Ann Deeks in Shoreditch. She made her west end debut in ...

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Frank Matcham - Hackney Empire

Frank Matcham - Hackney Empire

Frank Matcham (1854 - 1920) theatre architect, designed this theatre.

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Hackney Empire pavement plaque - Sir Oswald Stoll

Hackney Empire pavement plaque - Sir Oswald Stoll

Sir Oswald Stoll - theatre impresario & philanthropist

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