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Galton and Simpson

Categories: Humour, TV & Radio

Wrote Steptoe and Son, and others.

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Hand & Racquet

The Hand & Racquet has been around in different forms since the Tudor tim...

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Tony Hancock - SW7

Unveiled on Hancock's 90th birthday by scriptwriters Galton and Simpson.

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Benny Hill

Benny Hill

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Person, Cinema, Humour, TV & Radio

3 memorials
Paul Eddington

Paul Eddington

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1 memorial
Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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Tony Hancock

Tony Hancock

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Bill Owen, MBE

Bill Owen, MBE

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2 memorials
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Dr Burnhart Gloss

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WW2 at Guy's Hospital

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SE1, Great Maze Pond, Guy's Hospital - the Colonnade

The park at the end of this colonnade commemorates the ninety four men and women of Guy's Hospital who gave their lives during the war of...

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