Originated in the opera recitals presented by Lilian Baylis at the Old Vic theatre in 1898 and then at Sadler's Wells. As Sadler's Wells Opera it moved to the London Coliseum in 1968 and became the English National Opera in 1974.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
English National Opera
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London Coliseum
London Coliseum Home of English National Opera since 1968, The London Colise...
Morley mosaics - WBR - Lilian Baylis
Lilian Baylis, born 1874. A niece of Emma Cons, Lilian flourished as a theatr...
Other Subjects
Boney M
Pop group. Originally, the group comprised four Jamaican born singers. They achieved world-wide chart success with songs such as 'Ma Baker', 'Rivers of Babylon' and 'Rasputin'.
1 memorial
Tony Meehan
Drummer. Born Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan at the New End Hospital, Hampstead. He was one of the original line-up of Cliff Richard's backing group, The Shadows. He left the group in 1961 and event...
1 memorial
The Stooges
An American rock band, previously billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, and also known as Iggy and the Stooges. This photo shows them at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2010. Iggy Pop and the Stooges playe...
1 memorial
Rev. John Newton
A slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist. Born Wapping. Began his ecclesiastical career at Olney in Buckinghamshire where he wrote the words to 'Amazing Grace' and published the hymn in a ...
1 memorial
Leslie Hutchinson
Singer and pianist who performed under the name of 'Hutch'. Born Leslie Arthur Julien Hutchinson in Gouyave, Grenada. He moved to New York with the intention of studying medicine, but started sing...
1 memorial
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Born Edinburgh's New Town. Never a well man, he tried living in various places looking for a climate that would suit: Bournemouth, France, New York State. He died on a small Samoan island in the Pa...
1 memorial
2 memorials
Violet Florence Aris
Violet Florence Higginbottom was born on 30 March 1907 in Finsbury, one of at least four children of Walter Edward Higginbottom (1882-19280 and Florence Emily Higginbottom née Walker (b.1882). Her ...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Little Compton Street
WC2, Charing Cross Road
The grill is above a brick-walled tunnel which carries a mass of cables. The signs allow anyone working in the tunnels to navigate witho...
1 subject commemorated
Animals in war - horses
W1, Brook Gate
This is an impressive memorial but many people find it over-sentimental. Like most war memorials it insists we remember the fallen but in...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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