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Circus Friends Association

Categories: Community / Clubs, Theatre

Founded, as the Circus Fans' Association, in 1934 at Olympia, with the 'involvement and encouragement of Bertram Mills' Circus, to 'champion the cause of the circus in England, to right injustice, and to promote a good understanding between the circus and the public'.  Our information comes from the National Fairground Archive.

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Circus Friends Association

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Astley's Circus

The plaque is no longer there and actually looks like it was not intended to ...

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Brian Bloice

Brian Bloice

Chairman of the Streatham Society.

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Submarine War Memorial - 70th anniversary

Submarine War Memorial - 70th anniversary

The memorial has been maintained by the Submariners' Old Comrades, London.

Event, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Albion Tavern

Albion Tavern

26 Russell Street (previously Great Russel Street).  Pubs History lists licencees from 1848 but it dates back to the 18th century at least.  Closed by 1922.

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs

Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs

The private boys school Eton College launched a scheme to provide social and religious support to people living in Hackney Wick and to familiarise privileged schoolboys with social conditions in de...

Place, Children, Community / Clubs, Religion, Sport / Games

4 memorials

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A. A. Allen

A. A. Allen

Arthur Acland Allen was born on 11 August 1868 the youngest of the five children of Peter Allen (1815-1892) and Sophia Russell Allen née Taylor (1826-1868), in Prestwich, Lancashire. His mother die...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Mary Elisabeth Howell Evans

Mary Elisabeth Howell Evans

Mary Elizabeth Howell Evans's birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1870 in Chester, Cheshire. She was the eldest of the five children of William Howell Evans(1835-1892) and Elizabeth Evans né...

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
William Sterndale Bennett

William Sterndale Bennett

Composer. Born in Sheffield. He was accepted by the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) at the age of 10. They were so impressed with him that they waived his fees. By the age of twenty, he had become a s...

Person, Music / songs, Germany

1 memorial