Founded by journalist Eric George, who wanted to draw attention to the magnificent "cinema theatre" movie palaces of the twenties and thirties that were beginning to disappear from our towns and cities. Since then, the association has widened its horizons to encompass all cinema and theatre buildings, from the humblest converted hall to the most modern multiplex.
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Cinema Theatre Association
Google Street View shows this plaque in situ 2008 - 2014 but lost by June 201...
Actor Born Dublin. Played the 'dirty old man' in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son' with Harry H. Corbett and Paul McCartney's granddad in 'A hard day's night'. Died in Westminster.
Actor, director, writer. Born Streatham.
Actor. Born Eldred Gregory Peck in San Diego, California. He appeared in many major films including 'Moby Dick', 'The Guns of Navarone', 'The Omen' and 'The Boys From Brazil'. Nominated five times ...
Actor. Born 24 Regent Square. First to take the role of Dr Who, 1963-66. Died in a hospital near Maidstone.
Actor. Born Derek George Jacobi in Leytonstone. He was invited by Sir Laurence Olivier to be a founder member of the Royal National Theatre. Probably best known for playing the eponymous lead in th...
Daughter to Christopher and Irene Turner which explains her being born Tanzania and brought up in other exotic places. She co-founded a publishing company with Roy Strasburger in Southern England b...
Dedicated to promoting the work and life of Rabindranath Tagore.
Conservative politician in the City of London, associated with the Candlewick Ward and the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. Lord Mayor of London 1936-7. MP for the City of London 1938 -1945. Also ...
A former further education college, with sites in Waterloo, Bermondsey and Camberwell. It merged with Lewisham College.
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