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.
Born Harlem in New York City into a show-biz family. Hit the big-time in 195...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
From Hippodrome Casino: "Originally opened in 1900 by the renowned theatre ar...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
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...
Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performe...
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected here, at Essex Hall in 1964.
See the plaque at the entrance for more information about these 5 plaques.
Byron was born in Holles Street. House number 24 was the location for the first ever (Royal) Society of Arts plaque, placed in 1868. Per...
William Wilberforce, 1759 - 1833, opponent of slavery, died here. London County Council
These 6 plaques are on the east elevation of the building, below the ground floor windows. We have numbered the plaques left to right. F...
Private David Downer was born on 20 April 1823 in Godshill, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, the eldest of the five children of David Downer (1797-1881) and Jane Downer née Merwood (1791-1879). On 18 May ...
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