Wetherspoons Pub, Heath Robinson and the story of Isabella Beeton

Wetherspoons pubs are known for showing local history.

The Moon & Sixpence pub in Hatch End has pictures and stories about two famous characters who were in print.

Mrs Beeton

Mrs Isabella Beeton was married to a publisher who encouraged her to write and she produced her famous book of household management which is still in print today.

A heritage plaque to her is further along the Broadway.

Her books confirmed the system of writing recipes with the ingredients listed first, then the method of preparation and cooking.

She died young, but her influence and fame lived on.

Heath Robinson

Another popular character was Heath Robinson. A museum all about him is down the road in Pinner. But you can enjoy some of his cartoons and life story here in the Moon & Sixpence.

 

 

 Useful Websites - on Wetherspoons

on Isabella Beeton

on Heath Robinson

Famous Personalities of Pinner, Harrow and London

* Mrs Beeton - Hatch End - Mrs Beeton see plaque outside restaurant. (See my previous post on Mrs Beeton.)
* Mrs Beeton - Norwood Cemetery - gravestones of Mrs Beeton and her husband; Tate the sugar king of Tate and Lyle who founded the Tate, modern art gallery in London.
* St Anselm's Church, Hatch End.
* Byron, Harrow on the Hill. Monument to Byron. His daughter buried under the step into the church.
* Gilbert - wrote the words of Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, quotations such as 'I've got a little list,' 'A policeman's lot is not a happy one' - Gilbert's house, now Grimsdyke hotel holds Gilbert & Sullivan evenings.
* Gilbert bust in church beside the former Leefe Robinson pub.
* Gilbert memorial in Norwood cemetery.
* Leefe Robinson. Old news cuttings in Leefe Robinson pub (Miller and Carter).
* Grave of Leefe Robinson in cemetery extension across the road from Leefe Robinson pub. A wreath or mark of respect is laid on the grave by the Mayor of Harrow on Armistice Day November 11th every year.
* Amy Winehouse, Camden statue, Stables Market.

Others: Dick Whittington, Oscar Wilde, Keats (Keats House), Florence Nightingale, Mary Seattle, Queen Victoria, Albert (memorial); Freud (bust Swiss Cottage; museum in Hampstead); Karl Marx bust in Highgate cemetery.
See my other posts on statues and famous Londoners.

Alphabetically by surname:
Beeton, Isabella; Brummell, 'Beau'; Brunel, Isambard Kingdom; Byron; Chaplin, Charlie; Gilbert; Robinson, Leefe; Seattle, Mary; Wilde, Oscar; Winehouse, Amy.
Angela Lansbury, author and speaker.