Founded to record and commemorate over 335 years of the World’s tea trade in London.
Feb 2018 reported that "a statue recognising the City’s pivotal position in the tea trade planned for 1 Undershaft have {sic} been shelved for fear of public backlash over its ties to colonialism." The has images showing the statue, which is a realistic depiction of an Indian woman tea plucker with a basket full of leaves, back to back with a black London docker unloading the finished product.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London Tea History Association
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Sir John Lyon House and the Tea Trade {Much of the text on this plaque is a ...
The Tea Trade at St Katharine Docks This plaque commemorates 335 years of th...
Sir John Lyon was a wealthy City merchant and a grocer, and Lord Mayor of London 1554-5. He was first cousin to John Lyon who founded The John Lyon School.
Businessman. Born Philip Charles Harris. Former chairman of Carpetright plc, he has over 50 years’ experience in carpet retailing. He is the sponsor of the Harris Federation of primary and secondar...
First established in London in 1680 by William Dockwra and his business partner, Robert Murray, operating only within the City of London, the City of Westminter and Southwark. From 1765 similar ser...
Manservant brought to London from Ottoman Smyrna by his employer, Daniel Edwards, a dealer in coffee and other goods from the east. Rosée is variously described as being Armenian or from Sicily. Ro...
The photo shows the pub in 1977, with the Rectory next door, both remarkably unchanged. Website.
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