Erection date: 7/8/2013
Sir Bruce Forsyth performed here 8 times.
The Hippodrome
The Talk of the Town
Sir Bruce appeared eight times between May 1964 and February 1981 and unveiled this plaque and the one for his friend Sammy Davis on the same day.
WC2, Cranbourn Street, Hippodrome casino
Left to right down the plaques are: Forsyth, Davis, Garland, Houdini, which we think is the sequence of erection.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
TV presenter and all-round entertainer. Â Born Edmonton. Â Sunday Night at the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
From Hippodrome Casino: "Originally opened in 1900 by the renowned theatre ar...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Bruce Forsyth
The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdi...
Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performe...
From the Islington Tribune: "The three-storey office was the headquarters of the ANC between 1978 and 1994. It was there that Oliver Tamb...
The portcullis plaque to the left is a fire insurance mark of the Westminster insurance company like this one at the Museum of London.
The foundation plaque is to the left of the entrance, the war memorial plaque, to the right. The large entrance porch from its design is ...
The plaque was unveiled to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's birth. It is positioned directly above the foundations...
The plaque adds an extra 'n' to his first name, although several biographies refer to him as John.
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