Comedian, satirist and "only twin". Born Torquay. Founded and owned 'The Establishment Club', 1961 - 64. Died in the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead.
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Peter Cook
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Peter Cook
City of Westminster Peter Cook, 1937 - 1995, comedian and "only twin", co-fo...
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Benny Hill
Comedian and actor. Born Alfred Hawthorne Hill in Southampton. In his teens he worked as a milkman, an experience which he later put to good use in his hit song 'Ernie - The Fastest Milkman in the ...
The Establishment Club
Peter Cook said this was modelled on "those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War". Lenny Bruce, Barry Humphries, ...
Comic Heritage
Merged with the Heritage Foundation.
Thomas Hood
Born 31 Poultry and died at home in Devonshire Lodge, London. Example: "Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms."
Dick Emery
Actor and comedian. Born University College Hospital, Bloomsbury. 'The Dick Emery Show' ran for twenty years, 1963 - 83, with his catch-phrase, 'Oh, you are awful!' Died Denmark Hill, London.
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Joseph Benbow
Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
MDM Props
From their website: "MDM works with Artists and Galleries from across the globe, fabricating artworks in a multitude of materials to the highest standards. We work closely with each artist to under...
Robert Baden-Powell - Wimbledon
SW19, Windmill Road, Wimbledon Windmill Museum
The gray plaque is above the entrance to the windmill museum; the brown plaque is at the centre of the four windows towards the left of o...
Hearst Corporation
Company created by William Randolph Hearst's father and made extremely successful and powerful by WRH.
Louis MacNeice
Poet. Born Belfast, Northern Ireland at 2 Brookhill Avenue. Joined the BBC in 1941 as scriptwriter and producer and it was with the BBC, checking out the sound effects down a mineshaft, that he c...
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