Person    | Male  Born 12/8/1949 

Mark Knopfler

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Scotland

Lead guitarist in Dire Straits. Born Glasgow. Apart from the fact that they were both members of the Garrick Club, not necessarily at the same time, we can find no connection between Knopfler and Laurence Olivier.

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Mark Knopfler

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Laurence Olivier statue

Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Pl...

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Argyll Rooms Concert Hall

Argyll Rooms Concert Hall

The 'Argyll Rooms' venue opened in 1806.  A new building was designed, as part of the Regent Street redevelopment, by John Nash himself, to provide a concert hall, other public rooms and shop space...

Building, Music / songs

1 memorial
Orbital

Orbital

Electronic dance music group.  Two brothers from Sevenoaks Kent: Phil and Paul Hartnoll.  Split up in 2004 but reformed in 2009.  Performed at the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Paralympic Ga...

Group, Music / songs

1 memorial
Gerald Finzi

Gerald Finzi

Composer.  born Hamilton Terrace.  Died Oxford.

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
United DJs Radio

United DJs Radio

This was a digital service, fronted by former Radio Luxembourg presenter Tony Prince.

Group, Music / songs, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley

‘Tin Pan Alley’ originally, 1885, referred to the section of New York City where music publishers and songwriters were based.  In 1920s London music shops congregated in Denmark Street and the term...

Place, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs

1 memorial

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Princess Alice Disaster - mural

Princess Alice Disaster - mural

IG11, River Road, Creekmouth Open Space

{Four plaques to the right of the mural:} Creekmouth Heritage Project About this site: Creekmouth Open Space The Creekmouth Heritage Pro...

3 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
P. Robinson
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant George Richard Eddie

Lieutenant George Richard Eddie

George Richard Eddie was born in 1882 in Market Stainton, Lincolnshire, the eldest of the three children of George William Eddie (1856-1906) and Blanche Adeline Eddie née Ogle (1857-1940). His birt...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
original HMV store

original HMV store

Londonist writes: "The building was destroyed on Boxing Day 1937 and reopened in 1939. HMV's flagship store moved (slightly) to 150 Oxford Street, but the old address was reacquired in 2013, and re...

Place, Commerce, Music / songs

1 memorial
B. J Camp

B. J Camp

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial