Performers and patrons were depicted by the artist Walter Sickert at the turn of the century.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bedford Music Halls, Old and New
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88 Arlington Road
88 Arlington Road This building stands on the site of the Bedford Tavern (18...
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Sir Charles Wyndham
born Charles Culverwell at Liverpool. Qualified as a doctor. Actor and manager.
Tommy Steele
Musician and actor. Born Thomas William Hicks in Bermondsey. He was promoted as the British Elvis Presley and had his first chart success with 'Singin' the Blues'. Many hits followed and in time, h...
Leslie Howard
Actor and film director. Born Leslie Howard Steiner at 31 Westbourne Road, Forest Hill. He began his career as a stage actor in Britain and the USA. In films, he appeared in 'Berkeley Square', 'The...
Dave Clark
Born Tottenham. Leader and drummer of The Dave Clark Five a beat combo from the 1960s. He wrote and produced Time, a successful science fiction stage musical, in which Laurence Olivier's hologram f...
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Sir Henry Wood
Conductor and composer. The first British-born career conductor. Born in London. He founded the promenade concerts in 1895 at the Queen's Hall. When this was destroyed in the Blitz the concerts ...
transportation to Australia
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
Aspen Gardens
W6, Great West Road
This building was opened on the 27th day of September 1948 by the Rt Hon Aneurin Bevan. P.C. M.P. Minister of Health. Mayor of Hammersmit...
Chelsea Physic Garden
SW3, Royal Hospital Road, Swan Walk
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Chelsea Physic Garden was established by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London in...
Lord Stanley of Preston
Politician and Keen sportsman. 16th Earl of Derby. Born London, second son of Prime Minister Lord Stanley. Governor General of Canada, 1888 - 1893. His sons became keen hockey players so he and his...
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