Erection date: 7/8/2013
Sammy Davis Jnr performed here, August 1969.
The Hippodrome
The Talk of the Town
Unveiled by Bruce Forsyth.
WC2, Cranbourn Street, Hippodrome casino
Left to right down the plaques are: Forsyth, Davis, Garland, Houdini, which we think is the sequence of erection.
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Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
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Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
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Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
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