Group    From 1951 

Southbank Centre

Categories: Music / songs, Theatre

Arts centre. Oversees the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Saison Poetry Library, and the Arts Council Collection.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Southbank Centre

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Morley mosaics - KEW - Jude Kelly

Jude Kelly, born 1954. Jude is a theatre director and producer with over 100 ...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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Laurence Olivier statue

Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Pl...

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Hans Keller

Hans Keller

Musician and writer, who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, as well as being a commentator on such disparate fields as psychoanalysis and football. From Holocaust Re...

Person, Music / songs, Austria

1 memorial
Frankie Vaughan

Frankie Vaughan

Singer. Born Frank Fruim Abelson at Liverpool Maternity Hospital. Known as 'Mr Moonlight' because of his signature tune 'Give Me The Moonlight'. He had some success with cover versions of American ...

Person, Cinema, Music / songs

1 memorial
Jet Harris

Jet Harris

Musician. Born Terence Harris in Kingsbury. He played with several groups before joining Cliff Richard's backing group The Drifters. At his suggestion they changed their name to The Shadows. He and...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a Sierra Leonean Creole, and brought up in Croydon. His surname was Taylor and he was given the names Samuel Coleridge in ...

Person, Music / songs, Race Issues

3 memorials
Ezekiel 'Biggs' Yearwood

Ezekiel 'Biggs' Yearwood

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. In the early seventies, Yearwood was a pan tuner in England.  1988 Yearwood and Raymond Joseph established the Pantonic Steel Orchestra, based in H...

Person, Community / Clubs, Music / songs

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Great Exhibition

Great Exhibition

From the V&A website: "The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations was held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. It was the first international exhibition of manufacture...

Event, Commerce, Museums / Libraries

13 memorials
Essex Street Chapel and Essex Hall

Essex Street Chapel and Essex Hall

The first Unitarian service was preached by Theophilus Lindsey on 17 April 1774.  Supported by Joseph Priestley, Richard Price (see scientific life assurance) and others he used space recently vaca...

Building, Religion

2 memorials
Essex Street & Essex Hall

Essex Street & Essex Hall

WC2, Essex Street, Essex Hall

This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected here, at Essex Hall in 1964.

10 subjects commemorated
Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

Punk band formed in London. Members included Johnny Rotten (born John Lydon) and Sid Vicious. Managed by Malcolm McLaren. Infamous TV appearance being interviewed by Bill Grundy.  In 1975 they live...

Group, Music / songs, Seriously Famous

1 memorial