John Arnold
Watchmaker and inventor. Probably born in Bodmin, Cornwall (his birth year is approximate). After being apprenticed to his clockmaker father, he worked in the Netherlands. He was the first to desig...
Person, Craft / Design, Netherlands
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Charles Robert Ashbee
Designer, architect, conservationist, entrepreneur and social reformer, important in the Arts and Crafts movement. Born Spring Grove, Isleworth but brought up at 46 Upper Bedford Place, in a well-o...
Person, Architecture, Craft / Design
1 memorial
George Ashley
Designer and company director. Born in Brixton. He married Laura Mountney in 1949 and together they designed and printed tea towels and scarves. The enterprise gradually expanded and eventually com...
1 memorial
Laura Ashley
Dress designer and interior decorator. Born Laura Mountney at 31 Station Terrace, Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil. She married Bernard Ashley in 1949 and they began designing and printing tea towels a...
1 memorial
Phil Baines
Typographer. Hagg Bridge has an interesting interview with Baines about his work on the 7 July memorial.
1 memorial
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P. L. Travers
Died: 23/4/1996, 25 years ago
Person, Children, Literature, Australia
1 memorial
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