Sold flowers at "Maggie's Corner" for 60 years.
This lovely evocative photo (found for us by Denis Hoare) comes from where it is captioned 'Oxfam shop, Hampstead High Street, London 1966' and where Adrian has added the comment: "Maggie the flower seller now has a plaque on the side of the building that replaces this one - she'd been there since about 1920."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Maggie Richardson
Maggie's Corner In fond memory of Maggie Richardson, 1901 - 1974, who sold f...
Londonist writes: "The building was destroyed on Boxing Day 1937 and reopened in 1939. HMV's flagship store moved (slightly) to 150 Oxford Street, but the old address was reacquired in 2013, and re...
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, KStJ, PC, DL, was born on 25 November 1920, the son of Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883-1962) and Annie Gertrude Weat...
Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration
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...
First Chairman and Trustee of the Jubilee Market Traders Committee.
1638 King Charles I gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Spittle Fields. The market lapsed during the Commonwealth but it was re-founded in 1682 by King Charles II. The existing ...
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