Willy Clarkson, 1861 - 1934, theatrical wigmaker, lived and died here.
London County Council
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.
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Wong Kei Restaurant - Willy Clarkson
Costumier and wigmaker. He took over his father's business in 1878, and becam...
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Wong Kei Restaurant - Willy Clarkson
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
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Wong Kei Restaurant - Willy Clarkson
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