Created by William and Gilbert Foyle. See William for more information. For more on old London bookshops see Spitalfields Life.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Foyles bookshop
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Foyles - David Attenborough
The most ferocious thing I have ever encountered in any trip abroad is not a ...
Foyles - William Foyle
Lord Justice Darling was in the shop. He offered me 4 shillings for a book m...
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The Cavendish Hotel
There is evidence of a 'Miller's Hotel' on the site in the early 1800s which was renamed in 1836. It was purchased by Rosa Lewis, who expanded it by combining four buildings into one. During both t...
1 memorial
Commercial Motor Users of Hackney
The name suggest a group of local business people coming together around the use of new-fangled motor-powered conveyances. The text of the plaque tells us that they also had charitable activities. ...
1 memorial
London Tea History Association
Founded to record and commemorate over 335 years of the World’s tea trade in London. Feb 2018 City Matters reported that "a statue recognising the City’s pivotal position in the tea trade planned ...
3 memorials
West India Docks
A series of three docks on the Isle of Dogs. Their construction was largely the responsibility of Robert Milligan, who had managed his family's Jamaica sugar plantations. He became outraged at loss...
1 memorial
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Burtons Menswear
Clothing manufacturer and retailer. Montague Burton (1885 - 1952) was raised as Meshe David Osinsky,and emigrated from what is now Lithuania to England in 1900. He set up a business making and sell...
11 memorials
Thomas R. Farr
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial