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POSITION 1

SYD BARRETT

Sponsored by Anja Saunders, Trustee, Seven Dials Trust

Address: 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 (1946-2006)

Musician and co-founder of Pink Floyd lived on this site 1966-1967

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POSITION 2

MAX REINHARDT

Address: 10 Earlham Street

Way leave secured. Building due for renovation following change of ownership

Text: Max Reinhardt (1915-2002) Publisher, the Bodley Head Press, worked here 1956-1987

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POSITION 3

CAVE OF HARMONY

Sponsored by Shaftesbury PLC

Address: 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 1927-28

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POSITION 5

WILLIAM HENRY ‘BIRD’S NEST’ HUNT

Address: 37 Endell Street

Way leave secured

Text: William Henry ‘Bird’s Nest’ Hunt (1790-1864) Water-colourist was born and lived here 1790-1811

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POSITION 6

ANGUS McBEAN

Address: 53 Endell Street Way leave secured

Text: Angus McBean (1904-1990) Photographer of celebrity and society portraits had his studio here 1945-1970

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POSITION 7

NATHANIEL WESTLAKE

Address: 20 Endell Street

Text: Nathaniel Westlake (1833-1921) Stained glass artist lived here in the 1880s

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POSITION 10

JOHN DRYDEN

Address: 137 Long Acre

Text: John Dryden (1631-1700) Poet, critic and satirist lived here 1668–1686

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POSITION 12A

HOLTZAPFFEL & CO

Address: 127 Long Acre

Text: Holtzapffel & Co Manufacturer of ornamental turning lathes had its workshop here 1828-1897

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POSITION 12B

JOHN JACOB HOLTZAPFFEL

Address: 118 Long Acre

Text: John Jacob Holtzapffel (1768-1835) Manufacturer of ornamental turning lathes lived here 1794-1811

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POSITION 13

LIONEL LUKIN

Sponsored by Capital & Counties PLC

Address: 101-102 Long Acre (Odham’s Walk)

Way leave secured

Text: Lionel Lukin (1742-1834) Royal coachbuilder and inventor of the lifeboat lived and worked on this site 1767-1824

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POSITION 16

JEREMY ‘JEMMY’ CATNACH

Address: 15-17 Earlham Street

Way leave secured

Text: James ‘Jemmy’ Catnach (1792-1841) Pioneer broadsheet publisher traded near this site 1813-1839

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POSITION 17

ROBERT ANNING BELL

Address: Fielding Court, Earlham Street

Way leave secured

Text: Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933) Artist and central figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement born on this site.

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POSITION 19

HENRY THOMAS ‘JIM’ CADBURY-BROWN

Address: 32 Neal Street

Text: Henry Thomas ‘Jim’ Cadbury-Brown (1913-2009) Architect lived and worked here 1964-1982

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POSITION 20 / 21A

EDWARD JOHN DENT and / or ELLEN KEELEY CO.

Address: 33 Neal Street Way leaves secured. Listed Building consent required.

Text: Edward John Dent (1790-1853)

Watch and clockmaker lived and worked here 1804-1831

OR Ellen Keeley Co.

Manufacturer of the costermonger’s barrow, the ‘shop on wheels’ 1900-1982

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POSITION 22

THE ROXY CLUB

Sponsored by Shaftesbury PLC

Address: 41-43 Neal Street Way leave secured

Text: The Roxy Club

Showcase of punk rock 1976-1978

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POSITION 23

ST GILES CHRISTIAN MISSION

Address: 68a Neal Street

Text: St Giles Christian Mission ministered to the city’s poor 1867-1874

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POSITION 24

GEORGE ARMSTRONG

Address: 194 Shaftesbury Avenue

Text: George Armstrong (1720-1789)

Father of Paediatrics ran a free dispensary for sick children on this site 1781

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POSITION 27

THE KIP

Sponsored by Shaftesbury PLC

Address: 5-11 Short’s Gardens Way leave secured

Text: The Kip (1860-1922)

Famous Lodging House where residents slept leaning on a rope

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POSITION 29

SIR JOHN GIELGUD

Sponsored by Delfont Mackintosh Theatres

Address: 7 Upper St Martin’s Lane

Text: Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) Actor Lived on this site 1927-35

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POSITION 31

JOHN LOGIE BAIRD

Sponsored by Mark Read, trustee, Seven Dials Trust

Address: 2-6 West Street Way leave secured

Text: John Logie Baird (1888-1946) Conducted his first Experimental television transmissions from this site 1926-1928