Dr Johnson
Johnson was a good friend of the Thrales who owned the Anchor Brewery which once occupied this site. We've read that this image was the trademark for the brewery (or its successor Barclay Perkins) but we can't corroborate that.
SE1, Porter Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, St...
Thrale.com states that the Anchor name was acquired during Child's ownership,...
Installed by 19 September 2016, with little ceremony.
This isn't really a memorial but it appears to be in glazed tiles which made us want to find out more. The Newham Council Local History p...
The people in the picture standing on the plaque are doing the obligatory circular walk to read the inscription. Plaque carved by Richar...
Strummer lived here in a squat with the band, the 101ers, named after a previous squat they'd occupied at 101 Walterton Road, W9.
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