This stone laid by Raymond Montague Burton 1938.
BR3, High Street, Beckenham, 189, Pizza Express
The 3 black plaques are low down on the pilasters between the windows. 'Tailor Alley' can be seen to the left of our main photo. 'Burton's Yard' is in that alley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Raymond Montague Burton - Beckenham
Clothing manufacturer and retailer. Montague Burton (1885 - 1952) was raised ...
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Raymond Montague Burton - Beckenham
Led the modern development of Burtons Menswear, and was a generous benefactor...
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Raymond Montague Burton - Beckenham
The plaque has a metal post immediately in front of it, making it impossible ...
Stainer Street Arch Bombing On the night of 17th February 1941 a bomb fell onto the arch where people were sheltering from an air raid. ...
What is it with granite plaques? Surely by 1963 someone ought to have learnt, from all the Victorian ones, that they are practicably ill...
{Below two crossed laurel branches:} LCC Heinrich Heine, German poet and essayist (1799-1856) lived here in 1827.
Swami Vivekananda, 1863 - 1902, Hindu philosopher lived here in 1896. English Heritage
Percy Wyndham Lewis, 1882 - 1957, painter and writer, lived here. Greater London Council
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