Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far as we can tell, at the Change Alley site, where he moved his coffee house after the Great Fire of 1666, replacing another coffee house. Garraways was lost again in another fire in 1748.
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Garraways Coffee House
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CI - 7 - Coffee
Garraway’s Coffee House, a place of great commercial transaction and frequent...
Garraways Coffee House
The grasshopper was Thomas Gresham's family symbol and appears on a number of...
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John MacLean Carvell, MBE, MRCS, LSA
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1897-1923. Honorary Associate in the Order of St John. John MacLean Carvell was born on 20 August 1856, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Clapham fire station
Designed by Edward Cresy (architect, 1792–1858). In the days before telephones, the service provided by the local brigade was not known for its rapid response. If there were a fire, the address of ...
Lewisham Locality Fund
Fund provided by Lewisham Council for groups and organisations who can deliver projects which improve the Lewisham Central area.
Caxton Hall
Originally designed as the Westminster City Hall. It was associated with the Suffragettes, who started their marches to Parliament from here. 1940 Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer was assassinated at a ...
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