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Bovril is a thick and salty meat extract paste, similar to a yeast extract, developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnston. It is sold in a distinctive bulbous jar and as cubes and granules. It is sold in a distinctive bulbous jar and as cubes and granules.
John Lawson Johnston (1839 – 24 November 1900) was a Scottish entrepreneur and the creator of Bovril.He was born in 29 Main Street, Roslin, Midlothian.A memorial plaque is on the property and can be seen above the door.
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From 1956 to 2020, whilst run as a public building by the local council, the house housed a public library. An opening ceremony was hosted by actor Peter Ustinov and the then Camberwell mayor Alderman John Evans, who used the opportunity of the library to read up on Ustinov, saying: "I looked up 'Who’s Who' and anyone who wants to know something about our distinguished visitor can find it in ...
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Bovril boats, also known formally as sludge vessels, [1] were specially designed sewage dumping vessels that operated on the River Thames from 1887 [2] to 1998. Their task was to remove London's human solid waste from Beckton and Crossness for disposal on the ebb tide at sea, at Black Deep, an extremely deep part of the North Sea fifteen miles off Foulness, on one of the main approaches to the ...
Bovril is a village and municipality in La Paz Department in the north-west of Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina. [2] The locality is connected by 6 km of paved road with National Route 127. It was formerly served by a railway station, Estación Bovril , on the General Urquiza Railway network.
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