Home of the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera. Originally built in 1732 as a playhouse. The current building is the third on the site, following the fires that destroyed the first two.
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Royal Opera House
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Royal Opera House extension
This foundation stone commemorates the opening of the extension to the Royal ...
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Baroness Betty Boothroyd, O.M., P.C.
Betty Boothroyd was born on 8 October 2023 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the daughter of Ben Archibald Boothroyd (1886-1948) and Mary Boothroyd née Butterfield (1901-1982). In the 1939 England and...
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Darcey Bussell
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Ballet Rambert
Britain's oldest dance company. Founded by Dame Marie Rambert initially as Rambert Dancers, and then, at the Mercury Theatre, in 1931, as the Ballet Club and then, until the 1980s, as Ballet Ramber...
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Trinity Laban
Music and dance conservatoire based in Greenwich. It was formed with the amalgamation of the Trinity College of Music and the Laban Dance Centre.
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National Council for Animal Welfare
One of a number of organisations active in the 1920s promoting animal welfare.
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First underground passenger railway - Metropolitan
Between Paddington and Farringdon. A grand opening on the 9th preceded the opening to the public on Saturday 10 January 1863. “That afternoon Hetta trusted herself all alone to the mysteries of th...
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Precision Film Studio
Founded by brothers David William and Thomas J. Gobbett, it was the first purpose-built film studio in Walthamstow. It produced few notable films, but one, 'Anarchy in England' retold the story (us...
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Eric Ellington Doorly
Captain Eric Ellington Doorly was born on 1 December 1920 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA, the youngest of the three children of Edward Doorly (1873-1952) and Hallie R. Doorly née Mar...
War served, WW2
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Bow Library
One of many public libraries founded by John Passmore Edwards. Designed by S. B. Russell, it is a Grade II listed building and features the ornate 'Macullum' clock, which is named after a local ph...
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