Place    From 1956  To 1970

2i's coffee bar

Birthplace of British rock 'n roll and the popular music industry. Mickie Most started as a singing waiter here. Owen Adams provides a huge amount of information.

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2i's coffee bar

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Two I’s Coffee Bar

City of Westminster Site of the 2i's coffee bar (1956 - 1970), birthplace of...

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Croydon South Rotary Club

Croydon South Rotary Club

Rotary clubs were founded to encourage fellowship amongst members of local business communities.

Group, Community / Clubs

4 memorials
Dave Squires

Dave Squires

Much-loved street sweeper in the area around Waterloo Station.  Employed by Veolia who were contracted by Lambeth Council.   Died after a long illness.  His coffin was driven through the Lower Mars...

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Finchley Society

Finchley Society

Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open spaces in Finchley and Friern Barnet and their environs, and to explore the history and the special features of the area...

Group, Community / Clubs

9 memorials
The Establishment Club

The Establishment Club

Peter Cook said this was modelled on "those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War". Lenny Bruce, Barry Humphries, ...

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Humour

1 memorial
Masonic Lodge of Harmony 255

Masonic Lodge of Harmony 255

Depending on different sources, it is the oldest, or second oldest lodge in the Craft Province of Masonry.

Group, Community / Clubs

2 memorials

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Private C. E. Slatter
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
C. A. H. Smith
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
R. D. Hart

R. D. Hart

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Fountain Tavern

Fountain Tavern

Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of the Fountain Club. Since the Kit-Cat Club, Walpole's supporters, also met here, we have to trust that the landlord arrange...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Alfred Thomas Clow

Alfred Thomas Clow

From the parish of St Thomas in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1, a rifleman aged 20.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial