Sold flowers at "Maggie's Corner" for 60 years.
This lovely evocative photo (found for us by Denis Hoare) comes from Jonnie3 at Flickr where it is captioned 'Oxfam shop, Hampstead High Street, London 1966' and where Adrian has added the comment: "Maggie the flower seller now has a plaque on the side of the building that replaces this one - she'd been there since about 1920."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Maggie Richardson
Maggie's Corner In fond memory of Maggie Richardson, 1901 - 1974, who sold f...
From Geograph: This turnpike was merged into the Metropolitan Turnpike Trust by act of parliament and closed by the enactment of the Metropolis Roads Amendment Act 1863 (c.78). From 1 July 1864. S...
Established in Bristol, the company promotes the alternative energy sources of solar and wind power.
Hotelier. Born Switzerland, son of a peasant farmer. Started work as a waiter and worked his way up, in Paris, Vienna, Lucerne, etc. Came to London in 1889 as the manager of Richard D'Oyly Carte's...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was Assistant Manager of the Abbey Wood branch in 1900 and Manager in June 1912.
Textile manufacturer and philanthropist. His family fled from France after the Nazi occupation and he was naturalised as a British subject on 1 November 1948. In 1986 he merged his Nottingham Manuf...
Around the top are some delightful reliefs in iron of the badges of early fire insurance companies: Sun, Phoenix, London and Royal Exchan...
Lived at 62 Highbury Park and died on either 14 or 16th (sources differ). A Highbury Community Association newsletter of 2011 reports on a contemporary search for funds to repair the clock. Seems ...
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