It was in Regent Street that a film was first played to a paying audience in Britain, whereas King's Hall Picture Palace is thought to have been the first purpose-built cinema in Britain.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First cinema in Britain
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King's Hall Picture Palace - first cinema in Britain
The erection date differs from the date on the plaque. We have found other ca...
Regent Street - first cinema in Britain
The Lumières' friend, Felicien Trewey, a French music hall entertainer alread...
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Mary Millington
Model and porn actor. Born Mary Ruth Quilter, she came to fame in the long-running soft-porn film 'Come Play With Me'. However, she soon found herself being replaced by younger models, which led to...
1 memorial
John Barry
Created the captions on the Hitchcock murals. We think this means that he wrote them, rather than physically made them, and that he was chosen for his film knowledge. But the existence of 'John B...
1 memorial
Gregory Augustus Daymond
Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Augustus Daymond was born on 25 November 1920 in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA. From the American Air Museum in Britain website we learn that he grew up in Ne...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Anthony Newley
Actor, singer and songwriter. Born at 230 High Street, Hackney. He played the Artful Dodger in David Lean's 1948 film of Oliver Twist, and on television he was in the impenetrably surreal 1960 come...
1 memorial
Stanley Lupino
Actor, dancer and singer. Born as Stanley Richard Lupino Hook, he was the father of actor and director Ida Lupino. He made his first stage appearance at the age of six and subsequently performed in...
1 memorial
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St Olave's Grammar School
Founded by Henry Leeke. Was in a building on Tooley Street from 1855 - 1967. The school has been on a number of sites in the area - see the school's history page for details. It is now in Orping...
1 memorial
John Romer
Architect and structural engineer. John Henry Romer was born on 13 March 1947 in Kingston-upon-Thames the eldest of the three children of Sydney Gurney Romer (1903-2005) and Dorothy Joan Agnes Rom...
1 memorial
Lilian Lindsay
Dentist. Born Lilian Murray at 29 Hungerford Road, Holloway. After being refused training in London (for being a woman), she was accepted by the Edinburgh Dental Hospital and School. On qualifying ...
2 memorials
Newgate
Newgate was the western exit through the Roman London Wall. In later years the gate house was about 100 feet wide. Part of this building was used, from at least the 12th century, as a prison and th...
1 memorial
John Murray Easton
Architect. Born in Edinburgh. Amongst his designs were: Aberconway House, Mayfair (1922), the Royal Horticultural Society's Lawrence Hall (1928); the British Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair in Ne...
1 memorial
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