Started by John Courage in Horselydown Lane. Ran the Anchor Brewery in Park Street 1955-86.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Courage Brewery
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Anchor Brewery
Site of Anchor Brewery List of brewers: The Monger family 1616-1670 Josiah Ch...
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W. H. Smiths
Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street. HW and then Anna died, and their sons took over, renaming the business after one of them, William...
Smithfield Fish Market opened
Thanks to (C) Peter Gregson for the picture.
Longman's Ship Binding Works
Thomas Longman (1699-1755) through an inheritance acquired a publishing house, The Ship, in Paternoster Row (the street of book publishers) and shortly after, The Black Swan, next door. Daniel Defo...
Savoy Hotel
Following the success of the Savoy Theatre the hotel was built next door to satisfy the demand for accommodation from the members of the audience. The first London Hotel to have fully plumbed-in ba...
J. Steer
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
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