Actor. Born Frederick John Inman in Preston Lancashire. He made his stage debut at the age of 13. First appeared on television in the 1960s and achieved fame at home and eventually worldwide as the camp Mr Humphries in the television series 'Are You Being Served?' alongside Wendy Richard. He also appeared as dame in more than 40 pantomimes. Died at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington.
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John Inman
Plaque unveiled by Wendy Richard, David Croft and Ron Lynch (his partner). It...
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Born Reuben Weinthrop above his family fried fish shop in Hanbury Street, where the plaque now is. The first half of the Flanagan & Allen double act, with Chesney Allen. These two were also bot...
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Established an early school for the deaf. Born Scotland. Set up as a teacher in Edinburgh and then, following his successful tuition of a deaf boy, in 1760 he specialised in teaching deaf children...
Prince Albert, dressed as a field marshal, doffs his hat to the passing traffic in a very jaunty way. This bronze statue is the City of L...
Serjeant Alan Binning was the sixth of the seven children of James Stevenson Binning (1846-1919) and Emily Anne Binning née Hone (1850-1919). His birth was recorded in the 4th quarter of 1885 in th...
In 1714 John Michele gave the ground to St John’s Church in St John’s Square for use as a graveyard. About 100 years later Rev. William Dawson arranged that the church donate the graveyard as a pub...
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, while not named on the memorial, is alluded to, with the date 1538. We note that the text gives Escr...
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