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Cliff Richard
Born as Harry Webb in India. Starred with Olivier in Dave Clark's Time. The Shadows were his backing group.
King's Hall Picture Palace
It is thought to have been the first purpose built cinema in Britain, with a seating capacity of 850. Over the years it was renamed as the 'Gaiety Picture House' and then the 'Regent Cinema'. It wa...
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, CH, DBE.
Actress. Margaret Natalie Smith, known professionally as Maggie Smith, was born on 28 December 1934 in Ilford, Essex, the youngest of the three children of Nathaniel Smith (1902-1991) and Margaret ...
Michael Powell
Born Michael Latham Powell at Howletts, Bekesbourne, near Canterbury, Kent. He left his job in banking to enter the film industry. As co-director to Alexander Korda on 'The Thief of Bagdad' he was ...
Richard Briers
Actor. Born Richard David Briers at the Nelson Hospital in Merton. After many stage appearances, he came to national recognition in the television sitcom 'Marriage Lines'. He is however best rememb...
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Marine Society
EC3, Change Alley
Site of the King's Arms Tavern where the first meeting of the Marine Society held on 23 June 1756.
William Mitchell
Sculptor. He has worked in a vast variety of techniques and media, producing some grand-scale works. Among his London projects are the interior of the Curzon Cinema,Mayfair, the concrete frieze in ...
Rokesley
EC3, Lombard Street, 72
In a house on this site lived Gregory de Rokesley, eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285. The Corporation of the City of London
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