The first appearance of the Billy Smart Circus was at Southall Park.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Billy Smart's Circus
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Whales in The Thames
We were sceptical but a 2012 article in Time confirms: “Technically, the Quee...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Billy Smart's Circus
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Astley's Circus
The plaque is no longer there and actually looks like it was not intended to ...
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Alhambra Theatre
The image shows the old theatre, the Charing Cross Road facade and bottom, the Leicester Square facade, now the Odeon cinema.
Richard Berkeley Sutcliffe
From V&A: “Berkeley Sutcliffe was one of the leading stage designers of the mid 20th century. He was best known for his spectacular and amusing scenery and for the costumes which he designed fo...
Vic-Wells Association
Organisation to support Sadler's Wells & the Old Vic. From their website: "The Vic-Wells Association was founded between 1922-1923 by Lilian Baylis. The Association's objective at that time wa...
Hoxton Hall
Built 1863 as Mortimer's Music hall. 1866 MacDonald took it over but in 1871 following complaints it lost its performance licence. Bought in 1879 by rich Quaker philanthropist William Isaac Palmer...
Building, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Religion, Theatre
Eugen Sandow
Body-builder and entertainer. Born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He left Prussia to avoid military service and travelled through Europe perfecting his p...
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Sir Edward Elgar
Born in Broadheath, near Worcester. First moved to London on his marriage in 1889. A keen early adopting cyclist he often got inspiration from a country ride. On writing "Land of Hope and Glory" ...
Society of Industrial Artists and Designers
First conceived during 1929 as the Society of Industrial Artists with an inaugural meeting at Ye Olde Cock Tavern, Fleet Street, 1930. 1960 - changed name to the Society of Industrial Artists and ...
Robert Milligan
Merchant. Born in Dumfries. He grew up on his family's sugar plantation in Jamaica, and moved to London in 1779. He headed a group of powerful businessmen, who planned and built the West India Dock...