Sir Harry Lauder, 1870 - 1950, music hall artiste, lived here 1903 - 1911.
Greater London Council
SW17, Longley Road, 46
This house seems modest for a man who was so successful, but he was touring a lot of the time, and he moved in before he really hit the big time. We'd like to see the house he moved to.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Harry Lauder
Internationally successful singer and comedian, music hall artiste (e.g. "Roa...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Harry Lauder
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Radiophonic Workshop, 1934. BBC Heritage Trail
The two boxes carry identical plaques.
The vertical line down the plaque is not a fault with our camera, but a rope hanging from a flagpole.
A walk through this cemetery in c.1870 is described on pages 52-57 of May Sinclair’s 1919 novel ‘Mary Olivier: A Life’. Mary is taken by...
Clink Wharf stands as a memorial to Gary King, 1957 - 2000, whose vision and commitment to building this wharf led to the redevelopment o...
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
London County Council Charles Booth, 1840-1916, pioneer in social research lived here.
Andrew Behan has researched this woman: Woman Police Constable Philippa Jane Arbuthnot was born on 8 October 1961, the youngest of the four children of Lieutenant Commander John Keith Arbuthnot O.B...
Merchant based in Southwark. First treasurer of Southwark Cathedral. He had homes at Clare Lawn, Mortlake, and at Purland Chase in Ross, Herefordshire. This image shows Wigan's memorial in that ca...
Plaque unveiled by Professor David Wormersley who has written many books on Gibbon.
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