We believe this group now encompasses Comic Heritage, Musical Heritage, Sports Heritage and Films and Television Heritage. Its aim is to pay tribute to Britain's entertainers and raise funds for good causes at the same time.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Heritage Foundation
Creations i
BBC Television Centre - Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe, 1915 - 1982. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
BBC Television Centre - Bill Owen
Bill Owen MBE, 1914 - 1999. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
BBC Television Centre - Derek Nimmo
Derek Nimmo, 1930 - 1999. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
BBC Television Centre - Dick Emery
Dick Emery, 1917 - 1983. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
Other Subjects
Richard Todd
Actor. Born in Dublin. During WW2 he served in the parachute regiment, and was one of the first to land in Normandy during Operation Overlord. He took up acting after the war, and one of his early ...
1 memorial
Michael Caine
Actor. Born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in St Olave's Hospital, Rotherhithe. His career started in repertory theatre and television, eventually getting his big break in the film 'Zulu'. He went on t...
2 memorials
Wilfred Day
Cinema historian. His collection is now held at the Cinémathèque Française which has an on-line catalogue. Founded the Anima Masonic Lodge in November 1912, whose membership was entirely connected ...
1 memorial
Hanif Kureishi
Novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Born in Bromley, Kent. He started his career as a pornography writer, but progressed to writing plays for several London fringe theatres. His novels include '...
1 memorial
Come Play With Me
Soft porn film. It starred Mary Millington, and surprisingly, several stalwarts of British comedy including Irene Handl and Alfie Bass. The plot involved money forgers and a group of dancing girls ...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Richard Hughes (journalist)
Richard Joseph Hughes CBE was an Australian journalist who spent much of his life in the Far East as correspondent for The Times and other publications. Generally considered to be a British spy and...
Person, Espionage, Journalism / Publishing, Australia, China/Hong Kong
1 memorial
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
403 memorials
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