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Twinning

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Wikipedia explains about twin towns, etc.

Londonist have thoroughly researched the twin towns of London boroughs, which, thank heavens, means we don't have to.

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Twinning

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Twinned with Amsterdam

The two stations are at either end of the Dutchflyer rail-ferry service, via ...

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twinning with Clichy

This estate is called Clichy to mark the link established in 1957 between the...

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West Berlin street lamp - current plaque

Hammersmith & Fulham has been twinned with Neukolln (a borough of West Be...

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William Isaac Palmer

William Isaac Palmer

Manufacturer and philanthropist. Member of the Palmer family in the Huntley and Palmer biscuit company. He funded a free library in Reading. In 1876, he purchased Hoxton Hall in Hackney on behalf o...

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Brilliant Sign Company

Brilliant Sign Company

Signage company. It was named after their concept called the 'brilliant letter'. This comprised a pressed copper sheet with a v-shaped cross section so as to imitate the classic incised wooden fasc...

Group, Commerce, Industry

2 memorials
Alexander James Avery

Alexander James Avery

At the ever useful Pubs History we learn that the 1899 Post Office Directory lists Alex Jas Avery as the publican of White Hart pub in Kennington Lane. Other names are given for 1895 and for 1899 s...

Person, Commerce, Property

1 memorial
Bearman's Department Store

Bearman's Department Store

Opened by Frank Bearman on the site of a former vicarage. By 1906 he had purchased a nearby furniture shop, and in 1910 opened an arcade to match the larger department stores in London. It claimed ...

Building, Commerce

1 memorial
Pollock's toy theatre shop

Pollock's toy theatre shop

This was started by John Redington, selling printed sheets of characters and scenery for toy theatres. He ran it until his death when his family took over. 1877 his daughter Eliza married Benjamin ...

Building, Children, Commerce, Theatre

1 memorial

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Philomena Davidson Davis

Philomena Davidson Davis

Born London, she became the first female president of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 1990, a post she held for six years (giving her the post-nominal letters PPRSS). Co-opted member of t...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials