Publican. Born in the Middlesex Hospital. Took over The French House from his Belgian father and ran it until he retired on 1989. The French House is a pub and dining room at 49 Dean Street which during the 1920s and through WW2 was a cultural and social centre for people in the arts. Died the Royal Free Hospital, Camden Town.
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Gaston Berlemont
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Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
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Fountains Abbey pub
Sir Alexander Fleming was a loyal regular. Legend says that it was mould spores from this ale house which blew through Fleming’s window, leading him to the discovery of Penicillin in 1928. The Fo...
Bank of England
Londonist have an interesting post about animals at the Bank of England. The Guardian, 16 April 2022, reporting on an exhibition at the Bank of England, informed that the Bank once owned 599 slave...
Tata Consumer Products
From their website: "Tata Consumer was formed with a vision to synergise, simplify and scale the principal consumer products interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella Today, we are one of the ...
Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson
Banker and businessman. Simon Manwaring Robertson was born on 4 March 1941, the eldest of the three children of David Lars Manwaring Robertson CVO (1917-1999) and Pamela Lauderdale Robertson née ...
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John Le Mesurier
W14, Gliddon Road, Baron's Keep
The plaque is located on a block of flats at the far end of a 'gated' estate. Even our longest lens setting could not produce a reasonabl...
Hampden Bomber P4399 Crash
At around 4 am, the plane is thought to have got caught in an electrical storm when it was returning from a bombing raid on Cologne. Three of the crew and three civilians were killed after the plan...
Alf. J. Turner
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Eliezer Halfin
Wrestler. Born in Riga, Latvia. He was a mechanic and was a lightweight wrestler for eleven years. He came to Israel in 1969, and was selected for the country's team for the 1972 Olympic Games in M...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Latvia
Field Marshal Allenby
Army officer. Born Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby at Brackenhurst Hall, near Southwell, Nottinghamshire. He fought in the second Boer war and in World War I his command captured Vimy Ridge. Later he l...
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