Cookery writer. Born as Elizabeth Gwynne into a wealthy family. Travelled in Europe and around the Mediterranean, spending some years in Cairo, where she married in 1944. Returned to England in 1946. moving into the Chelsea house in 1947, divorced in 1960. No children. Her first book 'A Book of Mediterranean Food', 1950, was welcomed by the Britain of wartime austerity. Died at her Chelsea home.
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Elizabeth David
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Elizabeth David
Elizabeth David, 1913 - 1992, cookery writer, lived and worked here, 1947 - 1...
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Constance Spry
Floral artist. Born Constance Fletcher at 58 Warner Street, Derby. Educated in Ireland, she returned to England during WW1 as a welfare worker in the east end of London. Her work with flowers did n...
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Tea Trade in London
The following text is taken from the Shoreditch plaque: This plaque commemorates 350 years of the tea industry in the City of London. The industry was spread over Plantation House (now Plantation ...
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Worshipful Company of Bakers
Charter granted by King Henry VII in 1486. The City's second oldest guild. (Weavers is the answer to your question.)
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White Horse Cellars at Hatchett's Hotel
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1 memorial
Edmund Halsey
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John Blanke
SE10, Old Royal Naval College, Visitor Centre
The plaque is at the top of the grey column to the right of the central door. Presumably there is evidence that Blanke performed at Green...
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War dead, WW1
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