Plaque

Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth

Erection date: 7/8/2013

Inscription

Sir Bruce Forsyth performed here 8 times.
The Hippodrome
The Talk of the Town

Sir Bruce appeared eight times between May 1964 and February 1981 and unveiled this plaque and the one for his friend Sammy Davis on the same day.

Site: Hippodrome performers (4 memorials)

WC2, Cranbourn Street, Hippodrome casino

Left to right down the plaques are: Forsyth, Davis, Garland, Houdini, which we think is the sequence of erection.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth

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Sir Bruce Forsyth

TV presenter and all-round entertainer.  Born Edmonton.  Sunday Night at the ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth

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London Hippodrome

From Hippodrome Casino: "Originally opened in 1900 by the renowned theatre ar...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth

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Hippodrome - Harry Houdini

Hippodrome - Harry Houdini

The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdi...

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Hippodrome - Judy Garland

Hippodrome - Judy Garland

Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performe...

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Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.

Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.

Unveiled by Bruce Forsyth.

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