On this very site Ping Pong created & patented by John Jaques III, 1901.
EC1, Holborn, 121
The plaque is above the shop name 'Bounce'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ping pong
Businessman. Founder of the John Jaques and Son Toy Company, which produced a...
In this house Susanna Annesley Mother of John Wesley was born January 20th 1669. Corporation of the City of London
We're read that this plaque, showing a map of the world, is intended to honour the mosque, which seems odd. To us it seems more symbolic ...
We are indebted to Rosemary Jeffreys for the translation from the Latin. The business about "the south part being his own" is partly expl...
Greater London Council Charles Townley, 1737 - 1805, antiquary and collector, lived here.
Our picture shows the plaque before erection with Christopher Elsom, Pitch and Mouser. In 1975 they lived in no 60. Christopher writes:...
26 Russell Street (previously Great Russel Street). Pubs History lists licencees from 1848 but it dates back to the 18th century at least. Closed by 1922.
In our photo the plaque can be seen, below the second 'n' of Duncan. Inside there is a memorial chandelier.
He was a chimney sweep and shoemaker by trade and was attached to the Chatham division of the Civil Defence Rescue Service. Notice of his award was published in the London Gazette on the 30th May, ...
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