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...
30 Coborn Street. Here Doctor Barnardo first lodged on coming to London in 1866. Historic buildings of Bow
The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supportin...
Unsurprisingly the International Ripperologists Society doesn't seem to exist other than as part of this misconceived museum.
'fl' stands for 'floruit' (Latin) which means 'he or she flourished', and denotes the period during which a person was alive.
Richard Titmuss, 1907 - 1973, social scientist lived here, 1951 - 1973. English Heritage
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