The Eagle Tavern, Grecian theatre, pleasure grounds, Grecian saloon & Olympic theatre, stood here, 1825 - 1899. Here Marie Lloyd, music hall artiste, made her first public performance in 1885.
N1, Shepherdess Place, The Eagle pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - plaque
Spitlefields Life has an excellent write-up of the 19th century entertainment...
Music hall artiste. Born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood at 36 Plumber Street, Ho...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - plaque
The text on the top plaque refers to two locations: "here and at the Eton Manor Club in Hackney Wick". But that plaque and the others wit...
Kwame Nkrumah, 1909 - 1972, first President of Ghana, lived here, 1945 - 1947. English Heritage
The small blue plaque is to the left of the ground floor window.
No doubt, the Goossens flock was large, but we have only recognised those of note,(pun intended!). Plaque unveiled by Anne Obermer, the ...
These trees were planted in the memory of the 13 children who died in the New Cross fire on the 18th Jan 1981.
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