Place    From 1863 

Downs Hotel

The Pickwick Bicycle Club was founded here on 22 June 1870. At that first meeting, it was decided that the Downs Hotel should be the general rendezvous for bi-weekly excursions on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Closed in 2007, now residential.

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Downs Hotel

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Pickwick Bicycle Club

Hackney Citizen 25 June 2014 gives the history of the club and explains "A co...

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Flight Lieutenant Henry Forster Withy

Flight Lieutenant Henry Forster Withy

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Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Malta

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
A. Bell Booksellers

A. Bell Booksellers

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Group, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Henry Ford

Henry Ford

American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that middle-clas...

Person, Commerce, Industry, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Transport

1 memorial
Hilary Weston

Hilary Weston

Born and raised in Dublin as Hilary Mary Frayne. Married Galen Weston in 1966. They moved to Toronto in 1974, and HW became a Canadian citizen. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario  1997 - 2002.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Canada, Ireland

1 memorial
Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery

Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery

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Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

3 memorials