Magician and past King Rat. Born Muswell Hill. Debonair magician and light comedian. General TV personality appearing on 'What's my Line?' and introducing Basil Brush to the world. Died Surrey.
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David Nixon
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Teddington Studios - David Nixon
David Nixon, 1919 - 1978, magician and past King Rat. Comic Heritage
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Richard Burton
Actor. Born Richard Walter Jenkins at Pont-rhyd-y-fen, Wales. He was adopted by his English teacher Philip Burton, and took his surname. His first theatrical success was in Christopher Fry's 'The L...
1 memorial
John Le Mesurier
Actor. Born John Elton Halliley in Bedford. Adopting his mother's surname, he was a supporting actor in many films of the 1950s and 1960s, but was projected to national fame as Sergeant Wilson in t...
2 memorials
Claire Rayner
Nurse, journalist, broadcaster, novelist and 'agony aunt'. Born Claire Berenice Chetwynd in London. Her early life was marred by the cruelty of her parents who put her in a psychiatric hospital wh...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Medicine, TV & Radio, Canada
1 memorial
The Goon Show
Radio comedy show, originally broadcast as 'Crazy People' The first scripts were co-written by Spike Milligan and Jimmy Grafton. The pressure of writing eventually contributed to Milligan's mental ...
3 memorials
Kate Adie
Born Northumberland. Journalist and broadcaster for the BBC, known for her work as a war correspondent.
1 memorial
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William III statue - W8
W8, Kensington Palace
At Berliner-Schloss (with heavy use of translation tools) we learn that this statue may enable its ill-fated twin to rise again. The sto...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Corporation of the City of London
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
185 memorials
Carpenters' Hall - Wren
EC2, London Wall, 1 Throgmorton Avenue
The building projects over the pavement with an arched colonnade for pedestrians. On the keystone of each arch, at the ends and along the...
1 subject commemorated
F. J. B. Sheppard
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Blue lamp
N1, Tolpuddle Street, 2, Police Station
The text comes from a small brass plaque in the blind window below the lamp.
1 subject commemorated
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