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
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Co-op bank - Monoploy
Victor and Marjorie came to London from Leeds specifically to select names fo...
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May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890
Paste Tense describes why and how the 1st of May became the International Workers' Day, how the first such day, in 1890, was planned in the United Kingdom, and goes on to describe: "The main demons...
1 memorial
James W. Knott
Corps Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1889.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Dr Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond
Millionaire businessman. Born on 5 January 1944 in Kilcurry, County Louth, Ireland. Owned Corby Castle and Carlisle Airport. He's the one sporting the ermine in the picture. His Wikipedia page...
Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Ireland
1 memorial
Eric Pickles
MP and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
2 memorials
A. B. Cloutman
Philanthropist. Alfred Benjamin Cloutman (but always known as A. B.). Born Bristol. Began work as a junior assistant at Maple & Co and rose to become Governing Director, later Life Governor, ...
1 memorial
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