Created the captions on the Hitchcock murals. We think this means that he wrote them, rather than physically made them, and that he was chosen for his film knowledge. But the existence of 'John Barry' who composed for films makes researching our John Barry impossible.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
John Barry
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Hitchcock mosaics 01 - The Birds, 1963
Rather than repeat information on all 17 pages we have put everything about t...
Other Subjects
Bob Hope
Actor and comedian. Born Leslie Townes Hope at 44 Craigton Road, Eltham. His family emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1908 and he became an American citizen in 1920. He started his career on the stage bef...
1 memorial
Cinema Theatre Association
Founded by journalist Eric George, who wanted to draw attention to the magnificent "cinema theatre" movie palaces of the twenties and thirties that were beginning to disappear from our towns and ci...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Terry-Thomas
Comic actor, born as Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Finchley, Middlesex. He performed with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during World War II and went on to work on radio and ...
1 memorial
Tarquin and Zelfa Olivier
Tarquin is Laurence Olivier's film producer son by his first wife, Jill Esmond. Born 21 August 1936. Zelfa is Tarquin's wife. The picture shows Tarquin, Attenborough and Plowright at the unveil...
1 memorial
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Croydon Road Recreation Ground
The land was purchased by the Beckenham Local Board to provide a public open space which had been lacking since the loss of the Fair Field for housing in the 1870s. The site was part of open farmla...
1 memorial
Ace Cafe
It originally catered for the traffic on the newly opened North Circular Road. Destroyed in a WW2 air raid, it was rebuilt in 1949 and through the 50s became a haven for the 'ton-up-boys' and then ...
2 memorials
People's Palace
E1, Mile End Road, Queen Mary College
The plaque names only 6 relief panels but there are 7, music being represented twice.
2 subjects commemorated,
4 creators
Grenfell fire - Methodist church
W11, Lancaster Road, 240, Notting Hill Methodist church
These 3 memorials are all in the pleasantly traffic-free Kingsdown Close, at the front of the church. In relation to our photo, the cherr...
1 subject commemorated
Raine Foundation School
This school was founded in what is now Raine Street by Henry Raine (1679 - 1738) in 1719, though the street was then known as Fawdon Lane, Charles Street. The school provided an education for local...
2 memorials
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