British Motor Cab Company
Former public transport company, about which we can discover virtually nothing. Its premises appear in an old photo "Pickets outside the British Motor Cab Company's Garage" but the location is no...
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Orient Line
Began as a shipbroking company. The inauguration of a liner service to Australia with the packet boat 'Orient' in 1866 saw the company trade as The Orient Line of Packets, regularly shortened to Or...
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North Camberwell Radical Club
From Art in the Park: "The North Camberwell Radical Club performed two functions. Firstly, it was a forum for political debate. Secondly, it was a social club for its members. The club band headed ...
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Hackney Town Hall
The site of an early town hall ('vestry office' in its early days), is still occupied by the building that was used. This is the building in front of St Augustine's - behind the buses in our photo ...
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Ragged School Museum
In 1877 a ragged school was set up by Dr Barnardo at 46-50 Copperfield Road, E3, in a group of three canal-side warehouses. The school closed in 1908 when there were enough schools in the area run...
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Westminster Foundation
From their website "The Westminster Foundation is an independent grantmaking trust and registered charity, representing the charitable interests of The Duke of Westminster and Grosvenor businesses....
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West Hampstead Amenity & Transport (WHAT)
Our colleague Andrew Behan, tracked this down to "West Hampstead Amenity and Transport". January 2024: John Davis provided this link to the organisation: "WHAT started in 1973 as a protest against...
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Rolling Stones
The line up has included: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood. The first public performance with Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts...
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Cliveden Conservation Workshop Ltd
Specialists in conserving, protecting and reinstating stone, plaster etc. Originally founded for the preservation of the National Trust buildings.
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