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Diana Dors
Actor and singer. Born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon. She was promoted as the English Marilyn Monroe, and at the age of 16, joined J. Arthur Rank's charm school appearing in many of his films. She at...
1 memorial
R. W. Paul
Robert William Paul was a cinema pioneer, inventor, manufacturer, producer, exhibitor and cinematographer, based in Muswell Hill where he designed and constructed Britain's first film studio. Born...
1 memorial
Alison Steadman
Actor. Born Liverpool. Married Mike Leigh. Has worked very successfully in the theatre, cinema, TV and radio.
1 memorial
John Alfred Prestwich
Inventor and designer of engines. Born Kensington. He worked with Sebastian de Ferranti and the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene to produce cameras, mutoscopes, cutting and perforation machine...
1 memorial
Blithe Spirit
Written by Noel Coward this play, first performed in Manchester in 1941, moved in 1942 to The Duchess Theatre where it was performed 1997 times, a record at the time. It was filmed by David Lean i...
1 memorial
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Sir Sydney Waterlow - SW1 statue
SW1, Palace Street, Westminster City School
This statue is a copy of the one in Highgate.
1 subject commemorated
Salvation Army
A Protestant church internationally renowned for its charitable works. Founded as the "East London Christian Mission" or "Christian Revival Society" by William and Catherine Booth. Initially its me...
10 memorials
Bernie Winters
Comedian and Water Rat. Born Bernie Weinstein. His brother was the handsome half of the act Mike and Bernie Winters.
2 memorials
King George II
Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760. Notable as the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers (in Germany, against the French). Also the king w...
9 memorials
Liam Hamilton
A family squabble developed into a fight in which Paul Hamilton, 30, of nearby Woodstock Terrace fatally stabbed his cousin, Liam Hamilton, in the back with a large kitchen knife, near the site of ...
1 memorial
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