Merchant tailor and co-founder of Rotary International. Born Hiram Elroy Shorey in Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine.
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Hiram Shorey
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Rotary Armillary
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Spitalfields weaving industry
Many of the Huguenots that arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries were skilled silk weavers and set up looms in their homes in Spitalfields. The Spitalfields textile trade thrived until the mi...
2 memorials
Doubleday's grocery shop
Doubleday's father was a grocer and following his death Doubleday managed the business, not very well, apparently. This Facebook page has a 1975 photo of the building with the plaque, 271 High Stre...
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South Suburban Gas Company
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Mog Murphy
Eccentric landlady of the Turk's Head Wapping during WW2 - stayed open all hours for service personnel seeking news of their loved ones.
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Public Memorials Appeal
Founded as a registered charity by Ivan Saxton who had previously founded the Sir John Barbirolli Commemoration Appeal. Public Memorials Appeal.
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Elsie Margaret Williamson
Killed as a result of a 5 January 1941 air raid on St Matthias Square.
War dead non-military, WW2
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Japan Society in Britain
From the picture source: "The Japan Society is the leading independent body in the United Kingdom dedicated to the enhancement of the British-Japanese relationship. With a history stretching back ...
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Janina Gehlau
Janina Gehlau, from Dusseldorf, Germany, was studying for a Masters degree and completing her dissertation in London. Aged 26 she was killed by a left-turning lorry at Ludgate Circus. March 2016: ...
1 memorial
Metropolitan Police
Founded in 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and on 26 September of that year, over 1,000 men were sworn in in the grounds of the Foundling Hospital. (From Sarah Wise's boo...
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