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Fakeblueplaques / Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings

Categories: Commerce

Londonist informs that the registered address of the website, where you can order a plaque, is 118 Hillfield Avenue N8, the site of plaque no 4. We have 3 of these non-plaques still to publish, no rush.

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Fakeblueplaques / Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings

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Fakeblueplaque no 1

Hillfield Park Golden Jubilee Garden Award, 3 June 2002. The Society for the ...

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Fakeblueplaque no 2

Hillfield Park, House of the Century Centenary Award, 28 May 2000. The Societ...

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Fakeblueplaque no 4

Carswell Prentice, 1891 - 1964, inventor of the supermarket trolley stayed he...

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Thomas James Clements

Thomas James Clements

1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. According to G. Sludge, ".. a tea broker".

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Barnet Emanuel Ltd

Barnet Emanuel Ltd

Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Thomas Woodward & Sons

Thomas Woodward & Sons

Brewers. They took over the Clapham Brewery, changing its name to ‘The Plough’ which was the same as the brewery they had run in Kennington. The railings at the front of the building bear the initi...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, OM, GBE, CVO, FRCA, FBA, FKC

Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, OM, GBE, CVO, FRCA, FBA, FKC

Investment banker. We cannot find any specific connection between Lord Rothschild and Laurence Olivier, upon whose statue his name as a benefactor appears. We asked our colleague, Andrew Behan, to...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce

1 memorial
Lloyds Coffee House

Lloyds Coffee House

Edward Lloyd first opened his coffee house on Tower Street in 1687 but had to move to larger premises in Lombard Street in 1691. It was a meeting place for businessmen where information was exchan...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Beresford Pite

Beresford Pite

N1, Thornhill Square, Islington West Library

The text we have transcribed is off a very dull plaque on this wall near the ground. The photograph shows the name plaque, high on the bu...

4 creators
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas

Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday rental. Died at St Vincents Hospital, in New York City during a lecture tour of the United States. He is buried at Laugharne,...

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Wales

6 memorials
Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope

Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope

Politician and scientist. Born in London and educated at Eton and the University of Geneva, Switzerland. A brief browse on the web brought up Stanhope's name in association with inventions in the f...

Person, Politics & Administration, Science

1 memorial
Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew

Social researcher and journalist.  Born London.  Joint founding editor with Mark Lemon, of the magazine 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor'. Born into a wealthy London family,...

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Rotherhithe Tunnel

Rotherhithe Tunnel

Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ratcliff district of Limehouse. Designed by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, it was constructed using both a tunnelling 'shield' a...

Building, Engineering, Transport

7 memorials