Pollock's toy theatre shop stood near this site. Founded by John Redington 1851. Run by Benjamin Pollock & family. Premises bombed in World War II.
"Penny plain, twopence coloured"
London Borough of Hackney
The business had just moved out when the building was destroyed by a WW2 bomb.
N1, Hoxton Street, McGregor Court
You can see the plaque in our photo, attached to the pier just to the left of the tree.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pollock's toy theatre shop
This was started by John Redington, selling printed sheets of characters and ...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
John Redington was born on 9 November 1819 in Bethnal Green, the eldest of th...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Pollock's toy theatre shop
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Henry Williamson, writer, 1895 - 1977, lived here, (1902 - 1920), presented by the Henry Williamson Society. Borough of Lewisham
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The plaque below reads: "A Spencer Group Development, Architects: Ian Fraser, John Roberts & Partners, Contractors: Spencer Construc...
185cm high x 160cm wide x 160cm deep and over 5 tons.
Firewoman with the Auxiliary Fire Service. Killed during an air-raid at Cubitt Town School which was being used as an emergency depot. She was aged 18. Joan Fanny Mary Bliss Bartlett was born on 2...
The quotation is from the Bible, the Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy.
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