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Tailor Alley

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Tailor Alley
Burton the 'Tailor of Taste' opened the adjacent store in 1938.

Site: Burtons - Beckenham (5 memorials)

BR3, High Street, Beckenham, 189, Pizza Express

The 3 black plaques are low down on the pilasters between the windows. 'Tailor Alley' can be seen to the left of our main photo. 'Burton's Yard' is in that alley.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Tailor Alley

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Burtons Menswear

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Tailor Alley

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Arnold James Burton - Beckenham

Arnold James Burton - Beckenham

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Burton's Yard

Burton's Yard

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Raymond Montague Burton - Beckenham

Raymond Montague Burton - Beckenham

This stone laid by Raymond Montague Burton 1938.

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Stanley Howard Burton - Beckenham

Stanley Howard Burton - Beckenham

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