Established the first antique shop on Portobello Road according to the plaque but we can find no corroborating evidence.
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June Aylward
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June Aylward
On this site June Aylward (1891 - 1965) established the first antique shop on...
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National Bank
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garment and textile industries in the East End
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4 memorials
Barley Mow pub - Dorset Street
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1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Jack Cohen
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Boy Telegraphist Arthur James Cownden
Boy Telegraphist on H.M.S. Shark, forces number J/81802. He died, aged 17, when his ship was torpedoed at the start of the Battle of Jutland. His number on the handwritten entry on the Blackheath W...
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Roger Waters
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Disabled Soldiers & Sailors (Hackney) Foundation
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