Erection date: 31/1/2013
Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performed here 1969. Presented by her daughter, Lorna Luft.
The Hippodrome
The Talk of the Town
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 - Judy Garland
born Frances Ethel Gumm in Minnesota, USA. She came to London in 1951, and in...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Judy Garland
From Hippodrome Casino: "Originally opened in 1900 by the renowned theatre ar...
Daughter of Judy Garland by her third husband, Sidney Luft. She has worked i...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Judy Garland
Sir Bruce appeared eight times between May 1964 and February 1981 and unveile...
The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdi...
There are four 'Mercers' Maidens' on the block. Next door is the Convent of Sisters of Mercy, which also has a maiden.
Layers of London's map confirms the extent of the bomb damage.
For information about the church, including a good range of photographs see A London Inheritance.
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from l...
July 2015 The Mirror reported that 4 of these plaques (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl) were stolen just prior to the...
The land that makes up Finsbury Park was originally part of the Manor of Brownswood. The New River was built 1609-13. Copt Hall was first recorded in 1649 and was probably built to house the people...
In the 19th century this brewery was on the elite tourist trail so in 1850 when Haynau arrived in London here he came. But his reputatio...
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