Erection date: 25/9/2014
Jackie Free, British jazz trombonist. Born in Leytonstone, lived here between 1932 - 1954
"A fine trombone man" (Louis Armstrong 1956)
Waltham Forest Heritage
E11, Pearcroft Road, 75
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:
Jackie Free
Trombonist. Born Pearcroft Road, Leytonstone. He learnt to play in the local ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Jackie Free
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
Trumpeter. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nicknamed 'Satchmo' (short for sat...
Building by Lutyens as the Central Club for the YWCA. This foundation stone is low down at the left of the frontage. In 1933 only a few ...
See St Peter's Close. As far as we can discover Richard Cobden had no particular association with this area.
Andrew Behan directed us to Coletti where we discovered that the plaque was "designed by Eric Bradbury and unveiled by Herbert Hunter JP,...
English Heritage Constant Lambert, 1905 - 1951, composer, lived here, 1947 - 1951.
The unusual shape of the plaque, is probably due to the fact that there is nowhere large enough on the face of the building, to erect the...
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