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History
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Long before Cardinal
Place opposite the
Cathedral came into
being there was
a huge brewery (Stag
Brewery) based at
the southern end
of Victoria Street.
From the early 17th
century it started
off as a small brewhouse
with properties
that once were part
of St James' Palace.
This then substantially
grew and then was
bought and owned
by Watney &
Co They built lodgings
around the brewery
as well as amenities
for their staff
to use. By the end
of the 19th century
they were employing
a sizeable number
of staff. It closed
down in 1959 and
demolished. All
that now remains
of it is a street
name Stag Place
and a pub called
the Stag.
Victoria Street
originated in the
1850s - and their
main thoroughfares
lead to demolishing
of slums. The station
was built in 1861.
Archibald
Leitch who was renowned
for his work designing
football stadiums
including Anfield,
Stamford Bridge,
Old Trafford Ibrox
and White Hart Lane
amongst many others.
His offices were
based at 53 Victoria
Street (they too
are long gone).
According
to his biography
Norman Wisdom slept
near the staue of
Marshal Foch by
the bus station
at the westerly
end of the street
when his parents
split up at the
age of Before going
into comedy he worked
as an errand boy
in the then grand
Artillery Mansions
on Victoria Street
which was then a
grand hotel. In
the 1980s it went
into decay and became
a squat - and in
the 1990s was gutted,
refurbished and
now it an elegant
apartment block.
The
Victoria Palace
Theatre has been
in its present site
since 1832. It was
originally known
as Moys music Hall
but after Victoria
station was built
and the station
it got demolished.
It was demolished
again in 1911 due
to modernisation.
It was most famous
for a gold statue
of Anna Pavlova
which was above
it. In 1939 it was
removed and lost.
A replica has recently
been added. Infamously
known as the home
of the Crazy Gang
and the Black and
White Minstrels.
It has hosted countless
famous in the yearly
Royal Variety Show.
Most of the year
it hosts musicals
(its longest showing
was Barnum) its
latest being Billy
Elliott.
Little
Ben - a small 20ft
version of Big Ben
stands in a traffic
island outside the
Victoria Palace.
was first erected
in 1891 removed
in 1963 and put
back in 1981. It
was given by the
French company as
a gift of anglo-french
friendship. The
Apollo Victoria
on Wilton Road was
designed as a super
Cinema in the art
deco style in the
1930 and opened
as the "New
Victoria".
The Cinema closed
in 1975 and went
through a number
of incarnations.
In 1981 it opened
with a concert by
Shirley Bassey.
After that it hosted
a few musicals until
1984 when the roller
musical Starlight
Express which was
the main event for
16 years. They then
continued with a
few musicals - Bombay
Dreams, Saturday
Night Fever - and
its latest attraction
is the musical Wicked.
Victoria
Picture Palace -
The Cinema, which
opened in 1911 was
situated directly
across the street
from, what is now,
Victoria St Tube
Station entrance.
In 1978 it re- opened
as The Venue - nightclub
(Owned by Virgin
Records). Famous
& not so famous,
musical acts from
all over the world
performed there
including, Todd
Rundgren, James
Brown, The Cars,
Captain Beefheart,
Hall & Oates,
Rocket 88 featuring
Alexis Corner, Nine
Below Zero &
The Skids, to name
a few.'The Venue',
closed its doors,
late 1981 and the
Auditorium was demolished
to make way for
an office block.
The Foyer section
still stands as
a fast food outlet.
The
House of Fraser
store in the middle
of Victoria has
been for most of
its life known as
the Army & Navy
store. It opened
in 1872 and sold
groceries, clothes,
various apparel
and originally guns.
It used to be open
only to the most
highest ranking
elements of the
armed forces and
widows. This changed
after 1922 when
it was open to all.
It has gradually
shrunk in size.
Its warehousing
and depot area was
sold to the Post
Office, its staff
car parking on Artillery
Row was sold in
the 1980s to make
offices and its
old food hall closed
and is now a mini
shopping concession
mall. In 2005 it
changed its name
to House of Fraser.
Westminster
Cathedral was built
in 1903 filling
a site previously
occupied by the
Tothill Fields Prison