Rose growing company, founded in Yorkshire by brothers John and Robert Harkness, and still run as a family firm.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Rose growing company, founded in Yorkshire by brothers John and Robert Harkness, and still run as a family firm.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Harkness Roses
The Susan Daniel Rose Bed The roses in this flower bed are named after Susan ...
Shoemaker and trade unionist. Born in Roborough, South Devon. His year of birth on the plaque (1820) contradicts most other sources. He was an itinerant shoemaker for several years before moving to...
Born Ireland. Brother to William. Emigrated to Australia, arriving in 1842. A devout Methodist he created a business exporting gold from Australia and became a successful colonial businessman in B...
Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Australia, Ireland
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Composer, publisher, piano dealer. Alfred William Phillips was born in Whitechapel to a family in 'trade', one of which was a music shop, where he learnt piano tuning. When he started his own busin...
He is shown as Keith Loudoun-Shand on the Tea Industry plaque on Sir John Lyon House, 8 High Timber Street, London, EC4. Tea broker. Major in the Queen's Royal Rifles, awarded the OBE in 1965. Sour...
Born as Frances Eliza Hodgson in Cheetham Hill on the edge of Manchester on 24 November 1849 and author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden. She died, aged 74 years, on 29 October 1924...
British History Online informs that a house was "built by ... Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in 1245; but in the thirtieth year of Henry III. it was granted by the king to Peter, Count of Sa...
This small garden is well-hidden. It's to the east of the tower Sivill House, that's the building in the background of our photo. We we...
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