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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association centenary

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association centenary

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Drinking fountains - Trafalgar Square

Given by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association 1960.

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The Castle Pub - EC4

The Castle Pub - EC4

Established in 1541. Rebuilt in 1901. By 1893 the address had changed from 26 Castle Street to 26 Furnival Street.  Source: London Wiki.

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Bull and George Hotel

Bull and George Hotel

Probably built sometime in the 18th century. It served as a coaching inn on the London-Dover road. Jane Austen stayed here several times whilst travelling to visit her brother in Canterbury. Quotin...

Building, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Garraways Coffee House

Garraways Coffee House

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...

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

2 memorials
Frederick Nicholas Charrington

Frederick Nicholas Charrington

Renounced a brewing fortune to help the East End poor.  Born Bow Road, the heir to Charrington’s Brewery in Stepney.  He entered the business but, aged 19, experienced a religious conversion and be...

Person, Food & Drink, Jack the Ripper suspects, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Edmund Halsey

Edmund Halsey

Born Hertfordshire, a distant relative of Josiah Child.  Joined the Anchor Brewery as a 'broomstick clerk' and rapidly became Child's son-in-law and partner.  Ran the brewery 1693-1729.  MP for Sou...

Person, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

1 memorial