Erection date: 3/12/2015
Freddy Randall, 1921 - 1999, a trumpet-hero and true legend of British jazz, lived in this house.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E4, Old Church Road, 184
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Freddy Randall
Trumpeter. Born in Clapton, East London. He led the St. Louis Four in 1939, a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Freddy Randall
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
On the wall high above the plaque is the school shield. The scroll below the shield reads : schola Rogeri-Cholmeley Mil Highgate.
Londonist brought this plaque to our attention. The plaque, which is inside the shop, does not tell the whole story - see our page "first...
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Joseph Turner 1775 - 1851 Brought up in London, Turner was always fascinated by the Thames. Water and ships were a major source of inspir...
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Known as Ted Bowman, he was a volunteer head gardener at All Hallows Church Gardens, 1970 - 2014. From this report of his funeral we learn that he was also chair of the Trustees of Borough Market a...
Daniel Mendoza, pugilist, 1764 - 1836, English champion who proudly billed himself as 'Mendoza the Jew', lived here when writing 'The Art...
Proposed by Walter Besant, the first People's Palace was built by the Beaumont Trustees, ‘Unitarian philanthropists’, to replace Beaumont's Philosophical Institution which had been in Beaumont Squa...
Born Italy. Composer of music and songs. Came to London in 1875. Taught and sang with the royal family, including Queen Victoria. Returned to Italy in 1910 and died Rome.
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