Tailor Alley
Burton the 'Tailor of Taste' opened the adjacent store in 1938.
BR3, High Street, Beckenham, 189, Pizza Express
The 3 black plaques are low down on the pilasters between the windows. 'Tailor Alley' can be seen to the left of our main photo. 'Burton's Yard' is in that alley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Tailor Alley
Clothing manufacturer and retailer. Montague Burton (1885 - 1952) was raised ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Tailor Alley
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Gladys Mills, 1918 - 1978, pianist lived here. Loughton Town Council 2008
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