Group    From 1889 

Grand Order of Water Rats

Show business charity with headquarters at The Water Rats Public House in the Gray's Inn Road.

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Grand Order of Water Rats

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Charlie Chaplin - Methley Street

Charlie Chaplin, 1889-1977, film maker and Water Rat, lived here, 1898-1899, ...

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David Lodge

David Lodge, 1921 - 2003, actor and past King Rat, lived here. The Heritage F...

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John Inman

Plaque unveiled by Wendy Richard, David Croft and Ron Lynch (his partner). It...

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Lord Delfont

Lord Delfont of Stepney, 1909 - 1994, impresario and Companion Water Rat. Com...

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Teddington Studios - Bernie Winters

Bernie Winters, 1932 - 1991, comedian and Water Rat. Comic Heritage 

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Queen's Hall

Queen's Hall

Opened in 1893, destroyed by the Luftwaffe on 10 May 1941. 2024: Described on page 240 of J. B. Priestley's 1930 London-set novel Angel Pavement: "... with its bluey-green walls and gilded organ-p...

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Leslie Hutchinson

Leslie Hutchinson

Singer and pianist who performed under the name of 'Hutch'. Born Leslie Arthur Julien Hutchinson in Gouyave, Grenada.  He moved to New York with the intention of studying medicine, but started sing...

Person, Music / songs, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA

1 memorial
Jim Connell

Jim Connell

Political activist. Born in Rathniska, near Kilskyre, County Meath. As a teenager he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood and signed the Fenian Oath. He moved to London in 1875 and worked on Kei...

Person, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Ireland

1 memorial
Sir George Martin CBE

Sir George Martin CBE

Music producer. Born George Henry Martin in Highbury. He worked for the BBC's classical music department, before joining EMI as an assistant to the head of Parlophone Records, eventually becoming h...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
AC/DC

AC/DC

Hard rock band. Formed in Sydney by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Their hit albums include 'Highway to Hell' and 'Back in Black'. Bon Scott was their lead singer and lyricist.

Group, Music / songs, Australia

1 memorial