A. C. Potter & Co
A civil engineering company of Grantham and London, active 1928. Their London address was Dickens House, Lant Street. Listed in the London Gazette (17 July 1942) as having been struck off the regis...
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Thomas Woodward & Sons
Brewers. They took over the Clapham Brewery, changing its name to ‘The Plough’ which was the same as the brewery they had run in Kennington. The railings at the front of the building bear the initi...
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Plough Brewery
From Brewery History: "Thomas Woodward & Son, Plough Brewery, 516 Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, Greater London SW8 3JX Founded 1801 and acquired by Thomas Woodward 1868 and the Plough Brewer...
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Andrea Levy
Born at the Whittington Hospital to Jamaican parents and and grew up in Twyford House on the Blackstock council estate. Best known for her novels 'Small Island' and 'The Long Song'. She wrote from ...
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Ralph Steadman
Cartoonist and illustrator. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire. Best known for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture books. He had a long partnership with the American journalist Hunte...
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Hunter S. Thompson
Author and journalist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky. Best known for writing 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and at his funeral, his ashes ...
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Alvaro del Portillo
Born Mardrid. An engineer and Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994 as the successor to Escriva. Died Rome. He was beatified on 27 September 2014 in Madr...
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Josemaria Escriva
Born Spain. He became a Roman Catholic priest. He founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and that ordinary l...
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Kevin Atherton
Sculptor and artist. Born Douglas, Isle of Man. After twenty years of living and working in Ireland he is now (2023) based in Hastings. His practice includes performance, sculpture, film and video,...
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