Erection date: 7/8/2013
Sammy Davis Jnr performed here, August 1969.
The Hippodrome
The Talk of the Town
Unveiled by Bruce Forsyth.
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 - Sammy Davis Jr.
Born Harlem in New York City into a show-biz family. Â Hit the big-time in 195...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hippodrome - Sammy Davis Jr.
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 - Sammy Davis Jr.
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...
Judy Garland, 1922 - 1969, "The greatest entertainer who ever lived" performe...
Fort and his wife Anna lived in the first floor flat, conveniently close to the British Museum for his researches.
The name Joseph Dixon appears in both the lists on the plaque: a Trustee and a Churchwarden.
Cursetjee and his British family moved here on his retirement in 1868.
In our photo the plaque can be seen through the gap in the railings, laid into the ground in front of the grass.
Designed by Charles Holden and built 1927 – 1929 as HQ for Underground Electric Railways Company of London, the main forerunner of London...
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