The first Pret a Manger shop and kitchen was opened near here by Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair Beecham on 22nd July 1986.
Passionate about food - Thank you to our loyal staff and customers
SW1, Victoria Street, 93-95
Londonist brought this plaque to our attention. The plaque, which is inside the shop, does not tell the whole story - see our page "first Pret a Manger - shop" for that.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pret a Manger - first
The brand Pret a Manger actually started in Hampstead but that folded after 1...
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Julian Metcalfe, who he met at the Polytechn...
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Sinclair Beecham, who he met at the Polytech...
Site of St Mary Moorfields, Pro Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church 1852 - 1870. Corporation of London
The plaque is actually high up on the Gracechurch Street frontage. The Cornhill Standard was a water pump, so important that round about...
The plaque is at the centre of the ground underneath the projecting Alderman's Court. Wikipedia's page for the architect Richard Gilbert...
The Conversation points out that this house was convenient for 3 addresses frequented by Hayden: Hanover Square Concert Rooms (where he p...
Ramirez's divorced wife's lover was murdered in Texas in 1998. Ramirez was indicted for solicitation of capital murder. In 1999 he was sentenced to death and executed in 2005.
Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA
The Camden link has an informative video. When we first visited in August 2023 this plaque was missing (purloined by a local Russian sab...
49,076 of all ranks of the Royal Regiment of Artillery died in WW1.
The address was 7 Assembly Row when Cook and his family moved in, 1764.
We have not followed all the various Sri Lankan lines of research opened up by the rather exotic text on this plaque. The importance of L...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them