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.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
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Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
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Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performe...
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