This building was the Head Office of W.H. Smith & Son from 1920 to 1976. The above sign was damaged by shrapnel from a German bomb during an air raid on the night of 10th October 1940.
WC2, Portugal Street
There are 3 plaques, all on the north face of this building, to the right of the entrance shown in the photograph.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Smiths - Head Office
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Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Li...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Smiths - Head Office
This plaque was placed on the Hospital's centenary. WH Smiths had given the H...
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This fountain is at the west end of the garden in front of the Town Hall, on Fairfield Street. It is surrounded by memorials as follows: ...
An information map/board gives us "Charles Lamb was born in 2 Crown Office Row in 1775."
Inscribed into the building, just below the cornice on the two facades: "The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Incorporated 1843". ...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
An extension to the British Museum by the architect Sir John James Burnett.
Had a career in advertising before being elected to Westminster City Council, where she was a ward councillor for Bryanston and Dorset Square for 13 years. She served as Lord Mayor of Westminster i...
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