Co-founder and lead singer of The Clash. Born as John Graham Mellor in Turkey and raised in Scotland. "London Calling" is his. Died suddenly of a heart defect at his home in Somerset.
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Joe Strummer
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Joe Strummer squat
Joe Strummer, 1952 - 2002, musician, wordsmith, lived here, 1978 - 79. Seymou...
Joe Strummer underpass
There is one of these signs at each entrance to this subway, where Strummer u...
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The Fridge
Former nightclub. It claimed to have been the first British club to have such innovations as video screens and a chill out lounge, and was at the heart of the 1980s New Romantic movement. After it...
1 memorial
Boney M
Pop group. Originally, the group comprised four Jamaican born singers. They achieved world-wide chart success with songs such as 'Ma Baker', 'Rivers of Babylon' and 'Rasputin'.
1 memorial
George Webb
Pianist and band leader. Born George Horace Webb. His enthusiasm for jazz prompted him to found the George Webb's Dixielanders band in the early 1940s who performed at the Red Barn public house in ...
1 memorial
Eton Boating Song
Written by William Johnson Cory. First performed in 1863, the first verse goes:. . . . Jolly boating weather, And a hay harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees,...
1 memorial
Benjamin Britten
Composer. Born Lowestoft on St Cecilia's Day (patron saint of music). Royal College of Music, Founder of English Opera Group 1946 and the Aldeburgh Festival. Composer of opera Peter Grimes and othe...
3 memorials
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Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1
E14, Hale Street, Tower Hamlets Parks Department depot
The mural refers to "30 councillors" but actually names only 29. The count of 30 is confirmed elsewhere and at Island History we we foun...
34 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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