Erection date: 7/8/2013
Sir Bruce Forsyth performed here 8 times.
The Hippodrome
The Talk of the Town
Sir Bruce appeared eight times between May 1964 and February 1981 and unveiled this plaque and the one for his friend Sammy Davis on the same day.
WC2, Cranbourn Street, Hippodrome casino
Left to right down the plaques are: Forsyth, Davis, Garland, Houdini, which we think is the sequence of erection.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
TV presenter and all-round entertainer. Born Edmonton. Sunday Night at the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
From Hippodrome Casino: "Originally opened in 1900 by the renowned theatre ar...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdi...
Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performe...
Greater London Council Sir Patrick Manson, 1844 - 1922, father of modern tropical medicine, lived here.
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
The plaque can be seen in our photo, directly above the A-Board.
Boys is given as the Incumbent and Barclay as the Treasurer. This is an attractive plaque, designed into the building. Pity about the pig...
This is one of a set of 7 pavement plaques - see Kilburn Bridge for the list.
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