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Place    From 1863 

Downs Hotel

Downs Hotel

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.

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Downs Hotel

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Pickwick Bicycle Club

Hackney Citizen 25 June 2014 gives the history of the club and explains "A co...

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Walter David Lambert

Walter David Lambert

Works director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938. Walter David Lambert was born on 7 May 1876 in Nunhead, Surrey (now Greater London), one of the twelve children of David Robert Lambert (1850-...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord Levene

Lord Levene

Chariman of Lloyd's of London in 2008.

Person, Commerce

1 memorial
John Dickinson

John Dickinson

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Isaac le Gooch

Isaac le Gooch

Dutch merchant and jeweller to the king. Benefactor of Latymer School. Edith Streets, discussing Linden House in Upper Mall, writes: "This is used as a sailing and rowing clubhouse, owned by the L...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Netherlands

1 memorial
Haitian Chamber of Commerce in the GB

Haitian Chamber of Commerce in the GB

Promotes commercial ties between Haiti and Great Britain.

Group, Commerce, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial