Erection date: 7/8/2013
Sir Bruce Forsyth performed here 8 times.
The Hippodrome
The Talk of the Town
Sir Bruce appeared eight times between May 1964 and February 1981 and unveiled this plaque and the one for his friend Sammy Davis on the same day.
WC2, Cranbourn Street, Hippodrome casino
Left to right down the plaques are: Forsyth, Davis, Garland, Houdini, which we think is the sequence of erection.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
TV presenter and all-round entertainer. Born Edmonton. Sunday Night at the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
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Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performe...
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