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Jill Sinclair

Businesswoman and record company director. Born London. married music producer Trevor Horn in 1980 and they had 4 children. She has been called 'one of the most successful people in the British mus...

Person, Commerce, Music / songs, Tragedy

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...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy

Pillars of Hercules public house

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

G. R. Collis & Co

Manufacturers of articles in gold, silver, bronze, electro-plate and crystallized bases of metals. George Richmond Collis purchased the business from Sir Edward Thomason (c.1769-1849) when Thomason...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

St Pancras Basin

Formerly known as the Midland Railway Basin (though we could find nothing under thatn name). Opened as a coal wharf.  1958 converted to a pleasure craft area.  Now home to the St Pancras Cruising C...

Place, Commerce, Transport