This arch overlooked Dial Square, named for the sundial in the centre. It is the site of the Royal Gun Factories where gun barrels were bored out. In 1886, the workers here formed a football club - Dial Square FC, which was the origin of the current day Arsenal Football Club. Our picture shows the arch prior to its development as a bar and restaurant.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Dial Square
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Civil engineer. Born 88 Rendlesham Road, West Hackney. Worked on Sydney harbour bridge. Died at home, Graden, Hendon Avenue. Picture at: Flickr (copyrighted).
Charles Haslewood Shannon. Lithographer and painter. Born Lincolnshire. Met his life partner, Charles Ricketts, in 1882. See there for more about their life and work together. 1929 Shannon suffere...
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Croydon was London's first international airport. The terminal building, 1928 - 1959, was one of the first purpose-built terminal buildings in the world. The air traffic control tower is the first ...
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.
1894 Hornsey became an urban district and in 1903 a municipal borough. In 1965 Hornsey's area was combined with Tottenham and Wood Green to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.
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