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Plaque

Sir Harry Lauder

Erection date: 1969

Inscription

Sir Harry Lauder, 1870 - 1950, music hall artiste, lived here 1903 - 1911.
Greater London Council

Site: Sir Harry Lauder (1 memorial)

SW17, Longley Road, 46

This house seems modest for a man who was so successful, but he was touring a lot of the time, and he moved in before he really hit the big time. We'd like to see the house he moved to.

Although the doesn't mention it, the street must have been renumbered: in the 1911 census Lauder is recorded at number 24.

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Sir Harry Lauder

Internationally successful singer and comedian, music hall artiste (e.g. "Roa...

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Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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