Lord Mayor of London in 1963.
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Sir Ralph Edgar Perring
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city boundary dragons
A second 1849 cast-iron heraldic dragon rears up on the other side of the bus...
Smithfield - Poultry Market opening
What is it with granite plaques? Surely by 1963 someone ought to have learnt...
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Sir Thomas Davies
Lord Mayor of London, 1676-7. Pepys's bookseller. The first Stationer Lord Mayor, though he had to translate to the Clothworkers to be eligible. During his mayoralty the erection of the Monument...
1 memorial
Sir George Robert Tyler
Lord Mayor 1893-4. According to Wikipedia he so impressed the Belgians during a state visit that they named a street in Antwerp in his honour as 'Rue lord mayor Tyler' but GoogleMaps knows nothing...
1 memorial
Sir Denis Truscott, Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London in 1957
1 memorial
Sir William McArthur
Born Ireland, brother to Alexander. Moved his drapery business to London in 1857. Liberal MP 1868-85. Lord Mayor of London 1880-1. Supported a Methodist College in Ireland.
1 memorial
Sir John Lyon
Sir John Lyon was a wealthy City merchant and a grocer, and Lord Mayor of London 1554-5. He was first cousin to John Lyon who founded The John Lyon School.
1 memorial
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Church of St Marylebone
Old parish church , built 1400, rebuilt 1741, demolished 1949.
1 memorial
British Film Institute
In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centenary of cinema. See the pdf.
16 memorials
Baron Carlo Marochetti
Born Turin. Lived in France most of his life but escaped to London in 1848. Became Victoria and Albert's favourite sculptor. Buried in France. His 1864 statue of Sir Mark Cubbon, created in London...
6 memorials
Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
241 memorials
The War of the Worlds
Novel by H. G. Wells about the invasion of Earth by Mars. One of the first novels in the science-fiction genre. It has been filmed, produced as a musical album by Jeff Wayne, and famously caused ne...
2 memorials
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