Sandra Esquilant
Landlady of the Golden Heart pub since 1978 and, in 2002, voted into 80th place in a list of the 100 most powerful figures in contemporary art. See the Telegraph for more.
1 memorial
Eyre Arms Tavern
St John’s Wood was once part of the Great Forest of Middlesex. Until the end of the eighteenth century (when plans for residential development first appeared) it remained in agricultural use. By 17...
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Thomas Faryner and his shop
Born 1615-6, Thomas Faryner (or Farriner) joined the Baker's Company in 1637, and by 1649 had his own bakery/shop/home on Pudding Lane. It seems that someone failed properly to extinguish a fire in...
3 memorials
Fatberg
You'll note that we have described this thing as a "Concept" - which it clearly isn't. When we set up our Subject Types (Person, Event, Building, etc.) we did not foresee the need for for the Type...
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Finlays
From Finlays we learn that: James Finlay (d. 1790) began his career in Glasgow in the family textile business selling cotton goods. He moved into embroidered muslins and also manufacture. His son K...
Group, Commerce, Food & Drink, Gardens / Agriculture, Africa, Scotland, Sri Lanka
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First pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness
The Tipperary pub, Fleet Street, was the first pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness and later draft.
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Fountains Abbey pub
Sir Alexander Fleming was a loyal regular. Legend says that it was mould spores from this ale house which blew through Fleming’s window, leading him to the discovery of Penicillin in 1928.   The Fo...
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Fountain Tavern
Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of the Fountain Club. Since the Kit-Cat Club, Walpole's supporters, also met here, we have to trust that the landlord arrange...
Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration
2 memorials
2 memorials
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