SEVEN DIALS TRUST PEOPLE S PLAQUES POSITION 1 SYD BARRETT

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1 POSITION 1 SYD BARRETT Sponsored by Anja Saunders, Trustee, Seven Dials Trust 2 Earlham Street (Sainath Newsagent) Plaque to be positioned to right of door (base in line with base of street name plate) Way leave secured Text: Syd Barrett ( ) Musician and co-founder of Pink Floyd lived on this site

2 POSITION 2 MAX REINHARDT 10 Earlham Street Way leave secured. Building due for renovation following change of ownership Text: Max Reinhardt ( ) Publisher, the Bodley Head Press, worked here

3 POSITION 3 CAVE OF HARMONY Sponsored by Shaftesbury PLC 31 Earlham Street Way leave secured. Application for listed building consent lodged Text: Cave of Harmony Elsa Lanchester s club for London intellectuals on this site

4 POSITION 5 WILLIAM HENRY BIRD S NEST HUNT 37 Endell Street Way leave secured Text: William Henry Bird s Nest Hunt ( ) Water-colourist was born and lived here

5 POSITION 6 ANGUS McBEAN 53 Endell Street Way leave secured Text: Angus McBean ( ) Photographer of celebrity and society portraits had his studio here

6 POSITION 7 NATHANIEL WESTLAKE 20 Endell Street Text: Nathaniel Westlake ( ) Stained glass artist lived here in the 1880s

7 POSITION 10 JOHN DRYDEN 137 Long Acre Text: John Dryden ( ) Poet, critic and satirist lived here

8 POSITION 12A HOLTZAPFFEL & CO Text: 127 Long Acre Holtzapffel & Co Manufacturer of ornamental turning lathes had its workshop here

9 POSITION 12B JOHN JACOB HOLTZAPFFEL 118 Long Acre Text: John Jacob Holtzapffel ( ) Manufacturer of ornamental turning lathes lived here

10 POSITION 13 LIONEL LUKIN Sponsored by Capital & Counties PLC Long Acre (Odham s Walk) Way leave secured Text: Lionel Lukin ( ) Royal coachbuilder and inventor of the lifeboat lived and worked on this site

11 POSITION 16 JEREMY JEMMY CATNACH Earlham Street Way leave secured Text: James Jemmy Catnach ( ) Pioneer broadsheet publisher traded near this site

12 POSITION 17 ROBERT ANNING BELL Fielding Court, Earlham Street Way leave secured Text: Robert Anning Bell ( ) Artist and central figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement born on this site.

13 POSITION 19 HENRY THOMAS JIM CADBURY-BROWN 32 Neal Street Text: Henry Thomas Jim Cadbury-Brown ( ) Architect lived and worked here

14 POSITION 20 / 21A EDWARD JOHN DENT and / or ELLEN KEELEY CO. 33 Neal Street Way leaves secured. Listed Building consent required. Text: Edward John Dent ( ) Watch and clockmaker lived and worked here OR Ellen Keeley Co. Manufacturer of the costermonger s barrow, the shop on wheels

15 POSITION 22 THE ROXY CLUB Sponsored by Shaftesbury PLC Text: Neal Street Way leave secured The Roxy Club Showcase of punk rock

16 POSITION 23 ST GILES CHRISTIAN MISSION Text: 68a Neal Street St Giles Christian Mission ministered to the city s poor

17 POSITION 24 GEORGE ARMSTRONG 194 Shaftesbury Avenue Text: George Armstrong ( ) Father of Paediatrics ran a free dispensary for sick children on this site 1781

18 POSITION 27 THE KIP Sponsored by Shaftesbury PLC 5-11 Short s Gardens Way leave secured Text: The Kip ( ) Famous Lodging House where residents slept leaning on a rope

19 POSITION 29 SIR JOHN GIELGUD Sponsored by Delfont Mackintosh Theatres 7 Upper St Martin s Lane Text: Sir John Gielgud ( ) Actor Lived on this site

20 POSITION 31 JOHN LOGIE BAIRD Sponsored by Mark Read, trustee, Seven Dials Trust 2-6 West Street Way leave secured Text: John Logie Baird ( ) Conducted his first Experimental television transmissions from this site