Arts centre. Oversees the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Saison Poetry Library, and the Arts Council Collection.
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Morley mosaics - KEW - Jude Kelly
Jude Kelly, born 1954. Jude is a theatre director and producer with over 100 ...
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Laurence Olivier statue
Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Pl...
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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.
2 memorials
2i's coffee bar
Birthplace of British rock 'n roll and the popular music industry. Mickie Most started as a singing waiter here. Owen Adams provides a huge amount of information.
1 memorial
Dr. Charles Burney
Born Shrewsbury. Music historian. Father of Fanny Burney. In 1783 he was appointed organist at Chelsea College where he lived for the rest of his life, dying there in 1814.See Caroline's Miscel...
2 memorials
Alexander Alfred Yeatman
Alexander Alfred Yeatman was born on 21 December 1858 at 20 Providence Place, Kentish Town, Middlesex (now Greater London), the second of the four children of Arthur Yeatman (1829-1903) and Elizabe...
Person, Liveries & Guilds, Music / songs, Politics & Administration
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Theresa Cornelys
Opera singer, actress and adventuress, was born in Vienna, née Imer. First came to England in 1746. In 1760 rented Carlisle House, a large mansion at the south-east corner of Soho Square, where she...
1 memorial
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J. Lyons & Co.
2019: We read the splendid Legacy by Thomas Harding published by Heinemann, a history of the family that built the J. Lyons empire. Below are our notes from that reading (augmented by the Oxford Ho...
4 memorials
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
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Alhambra Theatre
The image shows the old theatre, the Charing Cross Road facade and bottom, the Leicester Square facade, now the Odeon cinema.
1 memorial
Cardinal Griffin School / Blessed John Roche Catholic School
British History Online provides: The school was designed by David Stokes and was constructed 1950-2. The buildings were placed on the northern half of the site and the southern half was landscaped....
2 memorials
Joseph Bell
Chief engineer of the RMS Titanic. Born in Farlam, Cumbria, he moved to Newcastle where he served his apprenticeship. He was hired by the White Star Line and served on several ships before being ap...
1 memorial
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