Group    From 1956 

Park Lane Group

From their website: This is a charity which "Given the free use of Park Lane House, 45 Park Lane, London W1 in 1956..." gives opportunities to young musicians.

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Park Lane Group

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Sir Osbert Sitwell

Wondering why the Park Lane Group, a musical charity, should erect this plaqu...

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Charlie Watts

Charlie Watts

Drummer. Born on 2 June 1941 as Charles Robert Watts in University Hospital. He was given his first drum kit in 1955. In 1961 he met Alexis Korner and joined his band 'Blues Incorporated'. He was i...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Dave Shepherd

Dave Shepherd

Clarinettist. Born David Joseph Shepherd. He studied under a clarinettist from the Hamburg State Opera Orchestra while stationed there after World War II, and went on to play with many of the leadi...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Atkinsons Carillon

Atkinsons Carillon

The only carillon in London. Dictionary definition of 'Carillon': a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either from a set of keys and pedals or mechanically.

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centenary Festival

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centenary Festival

A year-long series of events organised by the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, to mark the anniversary of the composer's death.

Event, Community / Clubs, Music / songs

1 memorial
Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet

Saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. Born in New Orleans. He was an outstanding clarinetist in his teens and toured Europe with Will Marion Cook's Syncopated Orchestra. In London he was imprisone...

Person, Music / songs, France, USA

1 memorial

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Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt

Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chandos, James Henry Leigh, who was employing Hunt's father, a preacher, as tutor to his nephew at the time of Hunt's birth. F...

Person, Literature, Poetry

6 memorials
A. B. Cloutman

A. B. Cloutman

Philanthropist. Alfred Benjamin Cloutman (but always known as A. B.).  Born Bristol.  Began work as a junior assistant at Maple & Co and rose to become Governing Director, later Life Governor, ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Frank Pick

Frank Pick

Pioneer of good design for London Transport. Born Lincolnshire. Click on the picture source web site for more information.

Person, Art, Industry

2 memorials