The Automobile Association, originally set up to help motorists avoid police speed traps, opened its first office in Fleet Street in 1905.
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Railway Hotel, Harrow
A three-storey brick Victorian pub. In the 1950s it was used as a jazz club and by February 1964 an R&B club (the Bluesday) was operating, where played: Long John Baldry, the Bo Street Runners...
1 memorial
Brook and Cranleigh House Residents Association
Also known as "Brook and Cranleigh House Tenants and Residents Association". Active c. 2013.
2 memorials
1 memorial
Ginger Johnson
George Folunsho "Ginger" Johnson was a Nigerian percussionist and bandleader who was a prominent musician in London from the 1950s to the early 1970s. He led Ginger Johnson and His African Messenge...
1 memorial
Penge Heritage Trail
A walking tour which includes people and places in the history of Penge. 2022: Most of the web links related to this are inaccessible. There's a Facebook page and this 2017 page.
2 memorials
Previously viewed
Carpenters' Hall - Wren
EC2, London Wall, 1 Throgmorton Avenue
The building projects over the pavement with an arched colonnade for pedestrians. On the keystone of each arch, at the ends and along the...
1 subject commemorated
Sir Gerald Kelly
Portrait painter. Born Paddington. Died at home, 117 Gloucester Place. In the picture Kelly is the short man in specs.
3 memorials
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association - 80th anniversary
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.
2 memorials
W. S. Maugham - Wyndham Place
W1, Wyndham Place, 2
William Somerset Maugham 1874 - 1965 Novelist and playwright lived here 1919 - 1923 "To acquire a habit for reading is to construct for y...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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