Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a specialism in playing cards and in the '30s moved into jigsaws for which there was a craze. Was responsible for acquiring the rights to Monopoly.
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Victor Hugo Watson
Commemorated ati
Co-op bank - Monoploy
Victor and Marjorie came to London from Leeds specifically to select names fo...
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John R. Doubleday
Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894.
1 memorial
Mercy Umeh
Councillor and Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham in September 2014.
1 memorial
Joseph James Redding
Deputy Chairman of the Police Committee of the Corporation of London in 1926. Speel tells us that in St Botolph Aldgate there is a panel monument to "Joseph James Redding, d.1932". Seems likely to ...
1 memorial
County Borough of West Ham
Former outer London borough. It included Plaistow, West Ham, Stratford, Canning Town, Silvertown and the current Borough of Newham west of Green Street. It was amalgamated with other areas to form ...
5 memorials
1 memorial
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Rev. T. N. Rowsell, MA
Elected Guardian of the Lewisham Union - Eltham in 1894.
1 memorial
Froude at IC
SW7, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College
This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames p...
1 subject commemorated
The Three Tuns
Public House in Beckenham, Kent. David Bowie performed here in the early days of his career. It was renamed as the 'Rat and Parrot' in the late 1990s. It later returned to its original name, shortl...
1 memorial
Druids
W1, Poland Street, 23, King's Arms
In this old King's Arms Tavern the Ancient Order of Druids was revived 28th November 1781. This commemorative plaque was placed here on ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Europe's first disc recording studio
WC2, Maiden Lane, Fire and Stone, 31
Queen's drummer Roger Taylor unveiled the plaque.
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
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