Sir Michael Balcon, 1896 - 1977, film producer, worked here, 1938 - 1956.
English Heritge
Site: Michael Balcon - W5 (1 memorial)
W5, Ealing Green, Ealing Studios
Sir Michael Balcon, 1896 - 1977, film producer, worked here, 1938 - 1956.
English Heritge
W5, Ealing Green, Ealing Studios
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Michael Balcon - W5
Television and film production company and facilities provider. White Lodge ...
Born Birmingham. Film producer. Worked at Gainsborough Film Studios. Went on...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Michael Balcon - W5
George Myers, 1803 - 1875, master builder, lived here, 1842 - 1853. English Heritage
The plaque was originally installed in the old library in Downham.
The plaque on the brick wall in the picture reads: The BBC Star Terrace, "Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love" Sylvie Dee. De...
In our photo the railing replacement plaque can just be seen on the low wall to the left of the steps. The Memorial Garden plaque is on t...
By the time we got there (in 2014 - it was not top of our priority list) the plaque/sticker had gone (if it had ever existed outside of P...
Industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Born Dunfermline, Scotland in a one-room cottage. 1848 the family emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA. Only about 5 feet in height and garrulous, Car...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Scotland, USA
Bursill also sculpted the allegorical statues on Holborn bridge and seems to be the same man who produced a book on hand shadows in 1851. See Speel for some more info on Bursill.
Social reformer, OBE, JP. Born 17 Princelet Street. (The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has "19" but perhaps the street was renumbered when it was renamed from Princes to Princelet Street....
Born Elstow, Bedfordshire. A tinker by trade he became a travelling preacher. Unlicensed he was imprisoned 1660-1672. Wrote The Pilgrim's Progress. Died of a fever at Snow Hill, Holborn and is buri...