Sarah Bernhardt laid the foundation stone of this building 1904.
W1, Wardour Street, 41
The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping stones, symbolically the first and last stones in the construction of a house.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wong Kei Restaurant - Sarah Bernhardt
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wong Kei Restaurant - Sarah Bernhardt
Willy Clarkson, 1861 - 1934, theatrical wigmaker, lived and died here. London...
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this plaque (in French).
What a delight - a quality plaque that isn't round and blue.
The terrific A Vindication of the Rights of Mary has a whole page on this address, where, it is believed, Mary lived 1788 - 1791.
Our picture comes from Bitish Pathe. Spitalfields Life have a very good photo of this sign in situ along with a small plaque reading "or...
Plaque unveiled by Mick Fowler, president of the Alpine Club.
Sculptor. Born Lyon. Made his reputation in 1749 with the tomb of the Duke of Argyll in Westminster Abbey. Died penniless.
The house was probably built 1800 - 1850 and was occupied from at least 1866 until his death in 1882, by Dr Brotherton. He lived there and also ran his medical practice from that address. It was de...
We are tempted to write a letter to the Times ourselves, bemoaning the excessive length of the text on this plaque: "We trust it is not a...
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