Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
M. & W. Mack Ltd
Commemorated ati
Covent Garden Market
Large bronze relief "Fruit Porter Bronze", unveiled October 2006 by Mayor of ...
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donkeys of Covent Garden
100,000 costermongers' donkeys worked in and around the market. The picture source says: "In the 1860s there were as many as 2,000 donkey barrows on a Saturday morning in Covent Garden Market."
Bankers Clearing House
Cheque & Credit Clearing Company (or, in the form of a booklet) is very helpful: "Daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when the bank clerks met at the Five Bells, a tavern in Lombard Street...
Watney Combe Reid
In 1837 James Watney (1800 - 84) became a partner in the Stag Brewery, Pimlico and the Watney family were the main partners there for much of the 19th century. In 1889 James Watney & Co., acqui...
Jones's butcher's shop
Family business that survived until the 1970s. This photograph was taken in 1932.
Grodzinski's bakery
In 1890 (previously thought to have been 1888) Harris and Judith Grodzinski arrived in the East End from what is now Belarus. Starting in a street stall they then set up a bakery at 31 Fieldgate S...
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Sir William Russell Flint
Artist and illustrator known especially for his watercolours of women. Born Edinburgh. Died London. Having browsed his work in gallery Google we can say that there is much to admire, we particular...
Japanese students at UCL
WC1, Gordon Square, 27-28, UCL’s Japanese Garden
The monument is made of fine-grained gabbro, polished to a black, mirror-like surface, and sits on contrasting pale matt granite. Unveil...
Sutton Dwellings
N1, Upper Street, Sutton Dwellings
This social housing was designed by E. C. P. Monson.
Spiritualist Temple - Conan Doyle
NW1, Rochester Square, Rochester Square Spiritualist Temple
The wooden cross atop the building supports a neon cross, wired to an electrical box so rusty that we doubt it still lights the way for N...
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