Entertainment venue. Initially it hosted classical music concerts, but after ten years started to include pop and rock events.
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Crystal Palace Bowl
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Bob Marley and the Wailers - SE19
The plaque has the Ethiopian/pan-African/Rastafari tri-colours around the edg...
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Sir Julius Benedict
Conductor and composer. Born Stuttgart. Settled in London in 1834. His works include the opera The Lily of Killarney. Died at home, 2 Manchester Square.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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.
1 memorial
Felix Mendelssohn
Composer. Born Felix Mendelssohn in Hamburg. Later became Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Bartholdy was a name already adopted by a member of his mother's family who had converted to Chri...
3 memorials
Crawdaddy Club
Music venue. Founded by Giorgio Gomelsky in the back room of the former Station Hotel in Richmond. The Rolling Stones, followed by the Yardbirds were the early house bands. The club's name came fro...
1 memorial
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Sir Flinders Petrie
Archaeologist specialising in Egypt. Born Charlton, near Greenwich. His maternal grandfather was Captain Matthew Flinders. Petrie was a self-taught surveyor with minimal university education. St...
1 memorial
Keith Clifford Hall
Optician. Born Cambridge. Aged 17 apprenticed to an optician. Qualified with night-school study and began fitting contact lenses in 1934. Became a world specialist and published an early text ...
1 memorial
Federation of Reggae Music
Music Company. Their activity is recorded as supporting activities to performing arts.
5 memorials
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