On this very site Ping Pong created & patented by John Jaques III, 1901.
EC1, Holborn, 121
The plaque is above the shop name 'Bounce'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ping pong
Businessman. Founder of the John Jaques and Son Toy Company, which produced a...
Londonist have a eye-witness account of this event.
Hill House (or The Hill), was occupied after his father's death by John Gurney Hoare. In 1896 his son, Sir Samuel Hoare, sold it to Georg...
There is an identical plaque on the other side of the street, immediately opposite. See there for more information.
In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...
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