Place    From 1925  To 1978

Gargoyle Club

From 1928 – 1978 at 69 Dean Street. Renowned for its mirrored interiors and works of art by Matisse. Its many famous members included the Duke of Windsor, Tallulah Bankhead, Fred Astaire and Dylan Thomas as well as the artists Augustus John, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.

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Gargoyle Club

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Meard Street

2022: We were contacted by David Bieda who wrote: "Meard Street plaque. I’d l...

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Janet Johnson

Janet Johnson

Welfare worker. All we can find out about her is contained in her plaque in Redcross Street where she lived. She was the manager of the Central London School for Orphans and Destitute Children at H...

Person, Community / Clubs, Education

1 memorial
Wandsworth Fire Service Old Comrades Association

Wandsworth Fire Service Old Comrades Association

Admittedly the badge is for an overseas contingent rather than Wandsworth but it's lovely, and the source website gives: "In 1938 the Auxiliary Fire Service was formed. The formation of the NFS wou...

Group, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
Immigration to Spitalfields

Immigration to Spitalfields

Spitalfields has experienced a number of waves of immigration from other countries, often driven from home due to difficult or dangerous conditions. The French Huguenots escaping religious persecut...

Concept, Community / Clubs, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Copers Cope Area Residents Association

Copers Cope Area Residents Association

Founded to protect and promote the local interests of residents of Central and Northern Beckenham.  

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Saracen's Head Inn

Saracen's Head Inn

Mentioned in 1522 as an inn with 30 beds and stalls for four horses. Removed (as shown in the picture) for the formation of Holborn Viaduct and its approaches 1868.

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
G. W. N. Silcock

G. W. N. Silcock

Surbiton man killed serving in WW2.

Person

War dead, WW2
1 memorial