Meridian Bronze

Meridian Bronze

We're not certain we have found the right foundry. Its name seems right but it's Australian which seems wrong. From their website: "Established in 1973 by Peter Morley, Meridian Sculpture was the ...

Group, Craft / Design, Sculpture, Australia

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Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. singer, actor, television producer, television and radio personality, and businessman. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential music...

Person, Cinema, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, USA

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Paul Cezanne

Paul Cezanne

Impressionist artist. Paul Cézanne was born in Aix-en-Provence. He studied at the Academie Suisse in Paris, and Camille Pissaro became his major influence. Amongst his best known paintings are 'The...

Person, Art, Seriously Famous, France

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Lower End Kingsdown Avenue Residents' Association

Lower End Kingsdown Avenue Residents' Association

Residents' Association in Purley. Their Facebook page, LeKARA, was created in 2019.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

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Purley air crash

Purley air crash

A de Havilland DH.34 G-EBBX of Imperial Airways, which had only just taken off from Croydon Airport bound for Paris, crashed at Purley in Surrey. All seven passengers and the pilot were killed.  A ...

Event, Tragedy, Transport

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Dr Jimmy Mallon

Dr Jimmy Mallon

Economist and political activist. Born James Joseph Mallon in Chorlton, Manchester. He served an apprenticeship as a jeweller, and In 1903 joined the Independent Labour Party and the Fabian Society...

Person, Economist, Politics & Administration

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Rose Bloom

Rose Bloom

This married lady must have been associated with Toynbee Hall in some way.

Person, Friend / family

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Landsbergs boy scouts

Landsbergs boy scouts

"Toynbee Hall (Routledge Revivals): The First Hundred Years" 1984, Asa Briggs and Anne Macartney provides: "Already in the 1890s, there had been increasing interest in what would now be called yout...

Group, Children, Community / Clubs

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Jeremy Lloyd

Jeremy Lloyd

Actor and screenwriter. Born John Jeremy Lloyd in Danbury, Essex. He appeared in the American comedy series 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in', and various films and other television programmes. Along w...

Person, Cinema, TV & Radio

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County Fire Office

County Fire Office

An insurance organisation launched by Barber Beaumont in 1807. Beaumont was the managing director and within 20 years it was the fifth largest fire insurer in Britain. Source: Oxford Dictionary of...

Group, Commerce

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