At one time the pub was owned by Thomas and John Shakespeare, who liked to think they were related to the man himself. The statue dates back to about 1910 and lost a hand to a WW2 bomb.
W1, Carnaby Street, Shakespeare's Head pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare's Head
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
Bronze copy of the bust of Woolf sculpted by Stephen Tomlin in 1931, on a five-foot-high plinth of Portland stone designed by Stephen Bar...
Left to right these busts are: Cunningham, Jellicoe and Beatty, that well known legal firm. (Unusually there is an error in the Margaret ...
This memorial was given to the people of Finsbury by the Russian Embassy in London. We understand that its display in the garden was a te...
Edward Geoffrey, 14th Earl of Derby
The project to erect the statue was masterminded by Dr Patil.
In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centenary of cinema. See the pdf.
The picture source has some other pictures and some news articles about the opening of the fountain. The architect of the fountain was R Keirle, RIBA, active until at leat 1913.
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as a sponsor. The hourly entertainment provided by the clockwo...
