This building was completed in September 1960. It replaces buildings destroyed by enemy action in September 1940.
Slater & Uren F.F.R.I.B.A. - Architects
Rush & Tompkins Ltd - Contractors
W1, Oxford Street, John Lewis
The large aluminium sculpture "Winged Figure" on the side of the building is by Barbara Hepworth. See Ornamental Passions for commentary and a picture.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Lewis war damage
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Retail group. Founded by John Spedan Lewis after his father John Lewis gave h...
London Borough of Islington In memory of Jim Veal, 1931 - 2006, chairman of the Tenants & Residents Association which campaigned for ...
The Jewish calendar has a different start year (hence the "5425 - 1665") 3,760 years ahead of the more common, Gregorian, calendar.
This group of plaques is in the ground floor seating area.
The British Library H.R.H. The Prince of Wales unveiled this stone 7 December 1982.
A report in the London North Middlesex Standard And Tottenham And Wood Green Echo of 13 September 1901 describes the unveiling as being "...
Theatrical producer and manager. Born 19 Nottingham Street, Marylebone, Niece of Emma Cons. Managed the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells. Ran other companies which later became: The English National Oper...
Five of the names were added at a later date to the 1914 - 18 plaque, and one to the 1939 - 45 one. Note that this memorial has no relig...
Berlin lived here while attending St Paul's School, at that time located in Hammersmith.
Sculptor. Born William Hamo Thornycroft (but the William is normally dropped) at 39 Stanhope Street, Regent's Park. Son of sculptors Thomas and Mary Thornycroft. Studied at the Royal Academy Sch...
London borough formed by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam, with the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington and Carshalton Urban District which had previously been par...
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