Chairman of the Smithfield Markets Committee, 1888.
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James Perkins
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Smithfield Fish Market opened
This market was opened on November 7th 1888 by the Right Honourable Sir Polyd...
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Gatti family
Swiss-Italian family. Â Restaurateurs, music hall, theatre and electricity supply entrepreneurs. Four generations of note, all born in Dongio, Val di Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland: Carlo; Agostino (18...
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Royal Victoria Dock
The Royal Victoria Dock was opened in 1855 and is the first and largest of the three Royal Docks, the other two being Royal Albert Dock (opened 1880) and King George V Dock (1921). The whole area i...
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Roman warehouse
The picture source says "Near the Courage Brewery Site archaeologists found the complete wooden floor of a riverside warehouse. Nothing like this has been found anywhere else. The basement would ha...
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Rosa Lewis
Hotelier. Born Rosa Ovenden at Leyton, Essex. She started her working life as a servant and graduated to become an itinerant cook for many of the famous families of the time. In 1883 she married th...
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South Suburban Gas Company
Founded as the North Surrey Gas Company, it became the Crystal Palace District Gas Company before changing to its final name in 1904. It amalgamated with various other companies and was nationalise...
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