Person    | Male  Born 26/4/1914  Died 31/10/1999

Gaston Berlemont

Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink

Countries: Belgium

Publican. Born in the Middlesex Hospital. Took over The French House from his Belgian father and ran it until he retired on 1989. The French House is a pub and dining room at 49 Dean Street which during the 1920s and through WW2 was a cultural and social centre for people in the arts. Died the Royal Free Hospital, Camden Town.

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Gaston Berlemont

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Spirit of Soho Mural

Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...

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Lee Valley Estates

Lee Valley Estates

A company which provides workspace throughout the Lee Valley and which helps small and medium sized enterprises to prosper and grow.

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Grodzinski's bakery

Grodzinski's bakery

In 1890 (previously thought to have been 1888) Harris and Judith Grodzinski arrived in the East End from what is now Belarus.  Starting in a street stall they then set up a bakery at 31 Fieldgate S...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Crosskey's Inn

Crosskey's Inn

In the late 1500s plays were performed in the inn-yard. The Inn was destroyed in the Great Fire.

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink, Theatre

1 memorial
May Fair Hotel

May Fair Hotel

A luxury hotel, built on the site of the grounds of Devonshire House. opened in 1927 with King George V and Queen Mary in attendance.

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Westminster penny post

Westminster penny post

Westminster office of the penny post and then the two-penny post. The first office of the penny post in London that ran in a dedicated building rather than within a stationer or other business. T...

Building, Commerce

1 memorial

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Thomas Earnshaw

Thomas Earnshaw

WC1, High Holborn, 119

London County Council Site of the business premises of Thomas Earnshaw, 1749 - 1829, noted watch and chronometer maker.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Private T. B. Pyke

Private T. B. Pyke

Added to the Teddington memorial with the "Additional names 1915 - 1918".

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
George Armstrong
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Robert Alan Dobb

Robert Alan Dobb

Student at Lincoln's Inn

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Mel Morris Jones

Mel Morris Jones

The picture shows "Mel Morris Jones and Harry Brockway checking for level" but we don't know which is which, and we have to admit, it's not a good picture of either.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial