Created by William and Gilbert Foyle. See William for more information. For more on old London bookshops see Spitalfields Life.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Foyles bookshop
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Foyles - David Attenborough
The most ferocious thing I have ever encountered in any trip abroad is not a ...
Foyles - William Foyle
Lord Justice Darling was in the shop. He offered me 4 shillings for a book m...
Other Subjects
Stanley Howard Burton
Stanley served in the RAF during WW2. The Burtons were philanthropic and in Leeds there is a gallery and a theatre named "Stanley & Audrey Burton" so we think he may have married an Audrey. W...
3 memorials
Walter Scrimgeour
Extremely rich stockbroker. He bought Parkfield from his brother-in-law, Alan Block, when his own home at nearby no. 6 The Grove became too small for his eight children. He then bought the neighbou...
1 memorial
Morton's Jam Factory
The production of jam was actually a minor function of this factory, as it produced a wide range of canned foods (our picture shows tinsmiths at work). The Millwall Football Club was founded here, ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Tony Ray-Jones
W1, Gloucester Place, 102
Westminster City Council Tony Ray-Jones, photographer, 1941 - 1972, lived and worked here. Royal Photographic Society
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Joseph Grimaldi
Pantomime clown appearing at Sadler's Wells, Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres. The traditional clowns' make-up, being called Joey and many of the gags and tricks date back to Grimaldi. Born i...
7 memorials
Bob Marley - NW2
NW2, The Circle, 15
From Jamaica Observer: The building ... was home to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny 'Wailer' Livingston, Aston 'Family Man' Barrett and his...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
1 memorial
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