Famous for the balloon ascents from its Tea Gardens.
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Bedford Tavern
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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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Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank
Founded in London as Vere, Glyn & Hallifax. Name changes: c.1780 Glyn, Hallifax and Mills; 1850 Glyn, Mills & Co.; 1864 Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.; 1923 Glyn, Mills Currie Holt & Co....
1 memorial
Mappin and Webb, Poultry
12 - 13 Poultry. Built in 1870, designed by J. & J. Belcher. Was demolished after a long campaign in 1994 to make way for the delights of Number 1, Poultry. The man responsible, Lord Palumbo, ...
2 memorials
Maggie Richardson
Sold flowers at "Maggie's Corner" for 60 years. This lovely evocative photo (found for us by Denis Hoare) comes from Jonnie3 at Flickr where it is captioned 'Oxfam shop, Hampstead High Street, Lon...
1 memorial
Michael Tierney
Mine host of the Windsor Castle pub in 1990. Distinguished member of the Handlebar Club since 2007.
1 memorial
Burlington Arcade (Association)
Lord George Cavendish, the future Earl of Burlington, commissioned the architect Samuel Ware to design this covered shopping arcade. He also founded the Burlington Arcade Beadles, recruited from hi...
2 memorials
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Poplar Town Hall - 1930s
Built by Culpin & Son in 1937-8. Described by Ewart Culpin as 'the first town hall in this country to be erected in the modern style.' Opened by George Lansbury. The listing text is detailed, a...
2 memorials
Charity scholars
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...
23 memorials
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