Erection date: 31/1/2013
Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performed here 1969. Presented by her daughter, Lorna Luft.
The Hippodrome
The Talk of the Town
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 - Judy Garland
born Frances Ethel Gumm in Minnesota, USA. She came to London in 1951, and in...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Judy Garland
From Hippodrome Casino: "Originally opened in 1900 by the renowned theatre ar...
Daughter of Judy Garland by her third husband, Sidney Luft. Â She has worked i...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Judy Garland
Sir Bruce appeared eight times between May 1964 and February 1981 and unveile...
The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdi...
The plaque is at about ground level to the left side of the building.
We were curious as to why this Corporation of the City of London plaque differs so much from their usual blue and gold design. We contact...
The "Queen's Head Inn", owned by the family of John Harvard, founder of Harvard University, formerly stood here. Historic Southwark
We have laboured long and hard trying to understand what "H.R" and these dates refer to, but have yet to find an answer. Here is a report...
In 2021 Robert Turner sent us photos of a postcard showing a war memorial at the Chalk Farm bus garage. This had been found by his friend...
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