Plaque

(lost) Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

Old Cock Tavern and the Society of Industrial Designers

Inscription

In this tavern the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, founded 1930, was first conceived during 1929.
Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1976.

Site: Old Cock Tavern and the Society of Industrial Designers (3 memorials)

EC4, Fleet Street, 22, Ye Olde Cock Tavern

We photographed this plaque in Sept 2003, but on returning to photograph the building in March 2008, the plaque had gone.

2021: we returned to find a new, brass, plaque in place with the same wording, bar the heading. So we've added that to this page.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

Subjects commemorated i

Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

First conceived during 1929 as the Society of Industrial Artists with an inau...

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

Also at this site i

Old Cock Tavern - Fleet Street

{Same as on the lost plaque but without the heading.}

Old Cock Tavern - Fleet Street - lost plaque

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