The Pickwick Bicycle Club was founded here on 22 June 1870. At that first meeting, it was decided that the Downs Hotel should be the general rendezvous for bi-weekly excursions on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Closed in 2007, now residential.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Downs Hotel
Commemorated ati
Pickwick Bicycle Club
Hackney Citizen 25 June 2014 gives the history of the club and explains "A co...
Other Subjects
Theodore H. Bryant
Co-owner and director of the Bryant and May match factory.
1 memorial
Windsor Castle pub
Restored in 1990. Described by Time Out as "this absurd pub, apparently popular with every minor celebrity you can think of". August 2016: Londonist informs that the pub is about to close and has ...
1 memorial
Ibstock Building Products Ltd
From their website: "... clay and concrete building products, building the face of Britain for over 200 years."
1 memorial
Eagle Tavern
Spitlefields Life has an excellent write-up of the 19th century entertainment complex here.
2 memorials
Sir Henry Tate
Merchant and philanthropist. Born at White Coppice, near Chorley, Lancashire. By the time he was thirty-five he had established a successful chain of grocery stores. In 1872 he purchased the patent...
1 memorial
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