Ice was cut in Norway, transported by ship to London, stored and then distributed by cart to restaurants and homes. See the picture source website for a very well told story.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Norwegian ice business
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Gatti icehouse
Victorian London has a wonderful contemporary description of the ice pit. In ...
Newby's ice store
Newby's ice store stood on the north bank of the canal in the 1860s. Ice was ...
Other Subjects
The Old Justice
The picture source says: "An Old Justice pub has been on the site for at least the mid 1850s and the name probably refers to the old justices of the peace, who often had businesses in the area as w...
1 memorial
Tabard Inn
Set up by an abbot from Winchester to give his brethren somewhere to stay in London and to provide accomodation to pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, in particular Chaucer's pilgrims, who set off...
1 memorial
Ralph Thrale
Son of Anne Thrale, sister of Edmund Halsey who took him into his brewery business, the Anchor Brewery. Thrale.com tells this interesting story: "When Ralph took a wife in the early 1720's, he cho...
1 memorial
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society
Retailer. Originally established as the Royal Arsenal Supply Association, by twenty workers from the Royal Arsenal. It was renamed in 1872, and expanded from just being a food retailer, into a vast...
4 memorials
Fanny Cradock
An early TV cook. Born at the site of the plaque in Apthorp, as Phyllis Pechey. A double bigamist, she only married her fourth husband Johnny, who appeared on TV with her, when she was 68. A ser...
1 memorial
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