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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
20th October 1968 Comedian Bud Flanagan died in Kingston, London, aged 72.
20th October 1953 Actor Sir John Gielgud was arrested for cruising in a public lavatory.
20th October 1904 Born today: Anna Neagle, London Engld, actress (London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell)
20th October 1862 Murderer Catherine Wilson hanged at Newgate Gaol, the last woman hanged in public in Britain.
20th October 1822 1st edition of London Sunday Times
20th October 1714 The Coronation of George I in Westminster Abbey.
The London Astoria. RIP
Legendary Rock Venue makes way for Crossrail.
Location: 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0EL
Description: Change can be good, but mostly it's bad - and so to the Astoria. The legendary Rock Venue seems completely doomed to make way for some trains... sorry Crossrail.
Okay okay it's a sort of decent cause, but this is the Astoria - I saw Gene and the Charlatans here and it was immense! Mayor Ken Livingstone said the site will be bulldozed to make way for the new railway linking East and West London. Despite the capitols new 'Live Music Strategy', this superb Mecca for tunes still stands to lose out in a big way.
Apparently it's 'physically not possible' to save the venue- as a station is planned for the same spot. The UKs music people have come out in force - 'cheeky chappy' Jack Penate said 'it's an absolute disgusting travesty' and with a 35,000-strong petition at www.petitiononline.com/savethea - young Jack can't be wrong.
The Astoria was built on the site of a former pickle factory and opened in 1927 as a cinema. It was later converted for theatrical use in 1976.
Tagged in this Tour: Music: off the beaten path
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David Bowie was born here
Rock legend David Bowie's childhood home is here.
2006-02-08
Metropolis», 5.3km
Anne Shelton lived here», 5.2km
Sex Pistols Squat», 3.4km
Les Cousins», 0.1km
The Jazz Cafe», 1.6km
Tony Visconti once lived Here», 4.1km
Badly Drawn Boy @ Toffs», 5.1km
Sex Pistols Slashing», 3.2km
Tommy Steele's House», 2.7km
Sir John Dankworth lived here», 8.4km
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