Born Slinfold, Sussex. Real name Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay. Ballet Dancer and Choreographer. Principal dancer with the Ballet-Russes and the Vic-Wells Ballet. Died Paris.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Born Slinfold, Sussex. Real name Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay. Ballet Dancer and Choreographer. Principal dancer with the Ballet-Russes and the Vic-Wells Ballet. Died Paris.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Sir Anton Dolin
Obviously a ‘Do-It-Yourself’ job. A local resident described it as looking li...
From Sadler's Wells: Sadler’s Wells began with "the discovery of a mineral spring in 1683. Richard Sadler built a music house around the spring to rival the already fashionable Tunbridge and Epsom ...
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Person, Cinema, Dance, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA
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Londonist have a piece on this early manifestation of the car and steam locomotive, rolled into one.
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Note that that, though blue, this is not an English Heritage plaque. At Beatles in London the 'plaque committee' is given as Richard Port...
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