Show business charity with headquarters at The Water Rats Public House in the Gray's Inn Road.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Grand Order of Water Rats
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Arthur Haynes
Arthur Haynes, 1914 - 1966, comedian and King Rat, lived here 1961 - 1966. Th...
Charlie Chaplin - Methley Street
Charlie Chaplin, 1889-1977, film maker and Water Rat, lived here, 1898-1899, ...
David Lodge
David Lodge, 1921 - 2003, actor and past King Rat, lived here. The Heritage F...
John Inman
Plaque unveiled by Wendy Richard, David Croft and Ron Lynch (his partner). It...
Lord Delfont
Lord Delfont of Stepney, 1909 - 1994, impresario and Companion Water Rat. Com...
Other Subjects
Charles Edward Ives
Born Danbury, Connecticut. Composer. A businessman whose vast musical output was not recognised until late in his life. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his Third Symphony. Died in New Yo...
1 memorial
Siddy Ranks
Real name: Cyrenius Green. Born Jamaica. His sound is inevitably compared to that of the late Gregory Isaacs, although he is versatile and sings across the Reggae sub-genres. He also performed unde...
1 memorial
Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson
A member of the Jamaican harmony trio Mighty Diamonds (see Donald "Tabby" Shaw for more information). Simpson died, aged 71, of a combination of Covid-19 and diabetes just 3 days after Shaw had bee...
1 memorial
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan Reed was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band The Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five dec...
1 memorial
English National Opera
Originated in the opera recitals presented by Lilian Baylis at the Old Vic theatre in 1898 and then at Sadler's Wells. As Sadler's Wells Opera it moved to the London Coliseum in 1968 and became the...
2 memorials
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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
241 memorials
Arts Council of England / Great Britain
1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter. About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies,...
15 memorials
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