Person    | Female  Born 26/8/1960  Died 13/3/2018

Claudia Fontaine

Categories: Music / songs

Claudia Fontaine was an backing vocalist from Peckham, London. Guardian obituary.

The plaque has Fontaine spelt as Fontayne.

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Claudia Fontaine

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Mellow Mix Studios in Hackney

The Hackney Citizen reported that the names on the plaque are all "late Afric...

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Dire Straits first gig

Dire Straits first gig

The picture shows a rehearsal for the gig, in front of the Cockpit Arts building. We thank Glenda Bogdanovs for permission to use her historic photo.

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Sir John Barbirolli, C. H.

Sir John Barbirolli, C. H.

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Kenny Everett

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Person, Humour, Music / songs, TV & Radio

3 memorials
Sarah Flower Adams

Sarah Flower Adams

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Person, Music / songs, Poetry, Theatre

1 memorial
David Watkinson

David Watkinson

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1 memorial

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Arthur Jaggs

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From the parish of St Peter's in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1.

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George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

Statesman and poet. Born at the family home Wallingford House (where the Old Admirality Building now is). A baby when his father, the 1st Duke, was assassinated, he was brought up alongside Charles...

Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration

3 memorials