Composer. Born Ansbach, Germany. Following his father he arrived in London in 1720 and. like his father, became Handel's friend, secretary and amanuensis. Died Bath.
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John Christopher Smith
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John Christopher Smith
The dates on the plaque confuse Smith (1712 - 1795) with his father, Johann C...
Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
Other Subjects
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a Sierra Leonean Creole, and brought up in Croydon. His surname was Taylor and he was given the names Samuel Coleridge in ...
Sir Alan Herbert
Author and politician. Born Alan Patrick Herbert at Ashtead Lodge, Ashtead, Leatherhead. He was called to the bar, but never practised. Joined Punch magazine as a writer in 1924 and went on to writ...
Person, Literature, Music / songs, Politics & Administration
Haroon Shamsher
Musician. Born in Bradford. His father was a Bangladeshi immigrant who ran a traditional tape shop in London’s East End. Haroon and his younger brother Farook, started the Joi Bangla Sound System i...
Red Bus Recording Studios
Founded by Eliot Cohen, Ellis Elias and Leslie Grade this studio has recorded Bananarama, Duran Duran, Gloria Gaynor, Billy Ocean, Sinitta, Spandau Ballet, Tina Turner, Alison Moyet, Boney M, Goldf...
EMI
Music record label. Electric and Musical Industries Ltd was formed in London in March 1931 by the merger of the Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company. See there for EMI's beginnin...
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Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman
Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman was the first Archbishop of Westminster. Born at Seville, Spain, of an Irish father. Click on New Advent for more information. In the 1851 census he is sh...
DHC Dash 7
DHC stands for De Havilland Canada. It was a turboprop-powered airliner with STOL (short take-off and landing) capabilities. It first flew in 1975 and remained in production until 1988. The plane w...
Charles Babbage - SE17
SE17, Walworth Road
Plaques really should contain enough information to explain their presence at a particular site. This one doesn't so we've done the work...
Ronald Charles Wiggins
The memorial does not give Wiggins a title (as it does for all the other names) and we are at a loss with "Southwark T/C". But we think Wiggins was a firefighter who died as a result of a fire.
TAG (T-Rex Action Group)
TAG is the legal leaseholder of the site of the Marc Bolan Shrine. They arranged for the steps to be laid in 2000 and have continued to maintain and upgrade the site ever since. They also maintai...
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