Group    From /2/1979  To /10/1980

Blitz Club

A Tuesday night club that attracted students from two nearby art colleges: Central School and St Martins. Some claim it was the birthplace of New Romanticism.

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Blitz Club

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Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet first performed here 5 December 1979 at the Blitz Club. PRS fo...

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Gustavus Loehr

Gustavus Loehr

Mining engineer and co-founder of Rotary International. Born in Carlinville, Illinois. He moved to Chicago, where he met Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele and Hiram Shorey, and on the 23rd February 19...

Person, Community / Clubs, Engineering, USA

1 memorial
Queen Elizabeth College Almshouses

Queen Elizabeth College Almshouses

Founded by William Lambard to house twenty local, elderly, poor people and entrusted to be run by the Drapers' Company. The original buildings were demolished in 1818, and their replacements were e...

Building, Community / Clubs, Philanthropy

2 memorials
Giles Vernon Hart

Giles Vernon Hart

Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan

4 memorials
Norman King

Norman King

Founder member of the Amwell Society.

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Royal Society

Royal Society

Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge). A learned society for science, granted a royal charter by King Charles II.  Wren was a founding member. The Soc...

Group, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Science

4 memorials

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Tom Baker

Tom Baker

W1, Berwick Street, 83-84

" London County Council"? We don't think so. A Sir Tom Baker has a bespoke tailoring business around the corner at 4 D’Arblay Street, whe...

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