In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centenary of cinema. See the pdf.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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Cecil Hepworth - NW1
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 Cecil Hepworth (1874 - 1953) Brit...
Cecil Hepworth - SE13
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 Cecil M. Hepworth, British film p...
Charlie Chaplin - Hanwell
The plaque is propped up behind the reception desk at Hanwell Community Centre
Dame Barbara Windsor - Elstree and Borehamwood Station
This plaque honours Barbara Windsor MBE a comedy legend whose Borehamwood-mad...
Other Subjects
Spotlight
Publishes casting directories.
1 memorial
First cinema in Britain
It was in Regent Street that a film was first played to a paying audience in Britain, whereas King's Hall Picture Palace is thought to have been the first purpose-built cinema in Britain.
2 memorials
Montagu Pyke
In 1908 Pyke converted two shops at 164-166 Edgware Road into a cinema. This was a success and he created more, naming each one the Cinematograph Theatre. By 1910 he had 5 cinemas, each an independ...
1 memorial
E. C. H. Rowland
Entertainer and cinema manager. Born Edward Cyril Hawken Rowland in Plymouth. He appeared as a music hall comedian in London before joining the army. During World War I, he served in France with th...
1 memorial
Kevin Spacey
Actor and director. Born New Jersey. Artistic director of the Old Vic theatre since 2003.
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Edwin Root Sewell
Edwin Root Sewell was born in 1867 in Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, the sixth of the nine children of Samuel Sewell and Sarah Sewell née Wood. His birth was registered in the third quarter of 18...
1 memorial
Imperial Hotel, Russell Square
Designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll. The picture was taken in 1913 after the completion of the extension, which is the section on the left, to the north (2017: we now think the 'extension' was into t...
22 memorials
scientific life assurance
Equitable Life, the world's oldest mutual insurer, started business in 1762 in the parsonage of St Nicholas Acons in Nicholas Lane. It pioneered scientific life assurance by basing premiums on age ...
1 memorial
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
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