Chairman of the Smithfield Central Market Sub Committee in 1888.
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John Edward Sly
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Smithfield Fish Market opened
This market was opened on November 7th 1888 by the Right Honourable Sir Polyd...
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Sir Rowland Hill
Initiator of the uniform Penny Post in 1840. Due to him Britain was the first country to use adhesive stamps and thus we do not have to put the name of our country on them. This is analogous to the...
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National Provincial Bank
Created by Thomas Joplin (1790?–1847) and George Fife Angas (1789 – 1879) as one of the first joint stock banks with a base in London and provincial branches. The London base was at 15 Bishopsgate...
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Robert E. Rhea
Businessman. Born in Aurora, Illinois. Responsible for developing the McDonald's hamburger empire abroad.
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One Tun pub - Saffron Hill
The present day pub was rebuilt in 1875.
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J. K. Farnell & Co. Ltd.
Manufacturing company. Founded in Notting Hill by John Kirby Farnell. Initially they produced fancy items such as tea cosies and pincushions. Farnell's daughter Agnes started making soft toys in 18...
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Thames Navigation Commission
Created in 1751 with responsibility for locks on the river down to Staines. Subsumed into the Thames Conservancy in 1866. Three generations of the Treacher family held senior positions in the Tha...
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Nick Mason
Musician and composer. Drummer with Pink Floyd and the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Born Lancashire. Mother of Christabel, Sylvia, Henry (known as Frank, died aged 4), Adela and Henry (Harry). 1886 the family moved from Manchester to Hampstead Road, London, where she ran a fancy ...
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Old Spitalfields Market
1638 King Charles I gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Spittle Fields. The market lapsed during the Commonwealth but it was re-founded in 1682 by King Charles II. The existing ...
3 memorials
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