Founded by Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose and David Taylor as a small Acton grocers, Waite, Rose and Taylor. Taylor left the business and in 1908 the name Waitrose was adopted. It was taken over by John Lewis in 1937, but retained its separate identity, and opened its first supermarket in 1955 in Streatham.
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Surbiton clock tower
{Plaque beneath a medallion of King Edward VII:} Coronation clock tower - a s...
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry
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4 memorials
1 memorial
Pubs in Time
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2 memorials
Anglo-Chilean Society
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1 memorial
Henry Ford
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1 memorial
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Copers Cope Area Residents Association
Founded to protect and promote the local interests of residents of Central and Northern Beckenham.
1 memorial
Smithfield war memorial
EC1, Grand Avenue, Smithfield Market
This memorial was first installed in 1921 for WW1. In 2005 it was refurbished and the red granite plinth with its plaque were added, all ...
War dead | WW1
214 subjects commemorated, 8 creators
214 subjects commemorated, 8 creators
Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
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Sarah Ali Escarcega
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1 memorial
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