A progressive rock band formed in the basement of the then Lucky Horseshoe Cafe, at the site of the plaque. Their first gig with the name Yes was in Essex on 3 August 1968. The band is still recording (2023) and have a website.
There have been numerous line-up changes, involving 20 musicians as full-time members, including Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman.
Actress and singer. Born Mary Susan Etherington in London. She studied music in Paris and at the Royal Academy of Music, making her stage debut in 1885 in the operetta Boccaccio at the Comedy Theat...
Founded as a joint project between the BBC and Sir Adrian Boult. It is now the principal orchestra which plays at the Proms.
Londonist writes: "The building was destroyed on Boxing Day 1937 and reopened in 1939. HMV's flagship store moved (slightly) to 150 Oxford Street, but the old address was reacquired in 2013, and re...
A three-storey brick Victorian pub. In the 1950s it was used as a jazz club and by February 1964 an R&B club (the Bluesday) was operating, where played: Long John Baldry, the Bo Street Runners...
Opened as the Maida Vale roller skating palace and club. Demolished and rebuilt in 1933/34, It now comprises seven studios and is used for recording a large variety of music and other programmes fo...
This organisation has been a bit of a political football, often having its name changed, as follows: 1902 - 1933 Underground Electric Railways Company of London 1933 - 1948 London Passenger Transpo...
Instigated by Canon John Erskine Clarke, Bolingbroke House (see below for more information) was acquired and opened in 1880 as Bolingbroke Self-Supporting Hospital and House in Sickness. The buildi...
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