Composer. Born Halle, Germany. Became Kapellmeister to the Elector of Hanover, soon to become George I of Great Britain. Moved to London in 1712. A governor of the Foundling Hospital. Moved into Brook Street in 1723. Here he wrote many works including the Messiah, gained great celebrity and died.
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George Frideric Handel
Commemorated ati
Handel - lost
Seeing a plaque in this 1970s photo of Brook Street at Spitalfields LIfe we i...
Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
Other Subjects
Marc Bolan
Singer and guitarist in his band T.Rex. Born as Mark Feld at Hackney General Hospital on 30th September 1947 and grew up at 25 Stoke Newington Common. As a young teenager worked on the counter at t...
6 memorials
C. T. Angell
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Charles MacKerras
Conductor and musicologist. Born Schenectady, New York, but when he was three the family move to Australia where he was brought up. An authority on the operas of Janacek and Mozart, and the comic...
1 memorial
Sir Geraint Evans
Opera singer. Born Geraint LLewellyn Evans in Cilfynydd, Wales. He took singing lessons in Cardiff before serving in the RAF in WW2. Later he studied in Geneva and in London at the Guildhall School...
1 memorial
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Tyburn tree - pavement plaque
W2, Edgeware Road
2 October 2014: The plaque was restored but we have kept our picture so you can see what it used to look like.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Nelson - SW19
SW19, Merton Road, Nelson Gardens
"The death" to which this inscription refers is Nelson's, so the gift was made on 21 October 1905 though the gardens were not opened unti...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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