Nightclub formerly known as The Fridge.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Soul II Soul
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2i's coffee bar
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1 memorial
Wally Fawkes
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Bill Owen, MBE
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Louis Armstrong
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13 memorials
Sir Hugh Wontner
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