Businessman. Founder of the John Jaques and Son Toy Company, which produced and patented ping pong equipment. See also Jaques of London.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Grove Road Toll Bar
"In use in the 18th and 19th centuries" so the dates we give are very approximate.
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T. Knowles
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
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Cantor & Nissel Ltd
Contact lens manufacturers. Founded by David Cantor. Acquired Nissel Limited in August 2000.
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Prudential Assurance
Founded in Hatton Garden in May 1848 as The Prudential, Investment, Loan, and Assurance Association. The army of premium collection agents was for many years identified with the Prudential as the "...
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Sir Robert Smirke
W1, Charlotte Street, 81
Greater London Council Sir Robert Smirke, 1781 - 1867, architect, lived here.
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Werner Robert Valentin Picht
German sociologist. An early historian of English settlements. Published 'Toynbee Hall and the English Settlement Movement' in 1913. Werner Robert Valentin Picht was born on 28 September 1887 in B...
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Charles Edward Lewis
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
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R. Mackay
Chairman of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society in 1900.
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