From their website: This is a charity which "Given the free use of Park Lane House, 45 Park Lane, London W1 in 1956..." gives opportunities to young musicians.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Park Lane Group
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Sir Osbert Sitwell
Wondering why the Park Lane Group, a musical charity, should erect this plaqu...
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W. S. Gilbert
Playwright, lyricist & poet. Born 17 Southampton Street as William Schwenck Gilbert. The Savoy Operas were written by Gilbert, with Sullivan providing the music and Richard D'Oyly Carte providi...
7 memorials
Tin Pan Alley
‘Tin Pan Alley’ originally, 1885, referred to the section of New York City where music publishers and songwriters were based. In 1920s London music shops congregated in Denmark Street and the term...
1 memorial
Pink Floyd
Rock group. Founded by students Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright, and later joined by David Gilmour. They achieved international success with albums such as 'The Dark Side o...
1 memorial
Thomas Tallis
Composer. His early life is sketchy. His first known appointment was in 1532 as the organist for Dover Priory (now Dover College). In 1575 Queen Elizabeth I, granted him and William Byrd a monopoly...
2 memorials
Britten - Pears Foundation
From the website: "We promote the music of Benjamin Britten and his work with singer Peter Pears, and are based at the home they shared, The Red House in Aldeburgh." Britten and Pears lived here f...
1 memorial
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George MacDonald - NW1
NW1, Albert Street, 20, Tudor Lodge
What an interesting contrast of 3 architectural styles on this short stretch of road. 2023: A London Inheritance posted about the area a...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
New Cross Fire - Town Hall
SE6, Rushey Green, Lewisham Town Hall
Unveiled by Sybil Phoenix, a community leader who had been called to the scene the morning after the fire.
15 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Leonard Woolf's Ceylon
WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens
We have not followed all the various Sri Lankan lines of research opened up by the rather exotic text on this plaque. The importance of L...
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Angel Corner House Tea Rooms
Wikipedia gives a history of this site from 1603. The current building dates from 1899. Purchased by Lyons in 1921 it operated as the Angel Cafe Restaurant until 1959. It was never classified by Ly...
1 memorial
Rossetti & Swinburne
SW3, Cheyne Walk, 16
Rossetti kept a menagerie in his back garden, much to the annoyance of his neighbours. It included a bull, a white peacock, a kangaroo, a...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator