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Sinclair Beecham

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Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Julian Metcalfe, who he met at the Polytechnic of Central London.

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Sinclair Beecham

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Pret a Manger - first

The first Pret a Manger shop and kitchen was opened near here by Julian Metca...

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Fortune of War pub

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National Bank

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G. R. Collis & Co

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Manufacturers of articles in gold, silver, bronze, electro-plate and crystallized bases of metals. George Richmond Collis purchased the business from Sir Edward Thomason (c.1769-1849) when Thomason...

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Deep Lee

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Chalk Farm bus garage - WW1 (at Pemberton Gardens)

Chalk Farm bus garage - WW1 (at Pemberton Gardens)

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The names are those of men who worked at the Chalk Farm bus garage, died in WW1 and whose names were listed on a white plaque that was er...

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R.A. Robinson

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Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Improvements Committee for the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

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