The Montagu Pyke
This is the site of the former 'Marquee Club' which closed in 1995, originally built as a cinema in 1911 by Montagu Pyke, his 16th and final cinema.
Charing Cross Road, London
WC2, Charing Cross Road, The Montagu Pyke pub, 105-107
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Montagu Pyke and The Marquee
Our 1960 picture comes from Warsaw1948 which has a wonderful collection of ol...
In 1908 Pyke converted two shops at 164-166 Edgware Road into a cinema. This ...
First opened on 19 April 1958 at 165 Oxford Street and then in 1964 moved to ...
After we'd posted this our colleague Andrew Behan added some biographical details for the two men.
The plaque is laid in the pavement, but the strong sunlight in our photo means you can't see it.
The Sun A public house called the Sun stood on this site from at least 1722. In September 1940 a wartime bomb landed on the pub killing 2...
In later life he became a school caretaker in Tower Hamlets, which is the only connection we can find between him and the area.
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