A green plaque marking the site of the house of Thomas Britton, the musical small-coal man, in Jerusalem Passage, Clerkenwell.

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Thomas Britton was a coal seller who lived above a coal-shed and stable in Jerusalem Passage, Clerkenwell, in a single room reached by an external ladder. Despite this humble position he began a musical club which met at his house for nearly forty years and was able to attract people such as Handel playing the harpsichord. Britton was known as the "musical small-coal man".

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Location: Jerusalem Passage, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 4JP, England
Photo credit: © UrbanImages / Alamy / Afripics
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