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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
22nd July 2006 Arsenal's new stadium The Emirates officially opened.
22nd July 2005 Jean Charles de Menezes is shot dead by plain clothes police at Stockwell tube station.
22nd July 1971 Born today: Charlotte Gainsbourg, London England, actress (Little Thief)
22nd July 1944 Born today: Rick Davies, London England, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Supertramp)
22nd July 1928 Fulham football legend Jimmy Hill was born in Balham, South London.
22nd July 1919 De Falla and Massine's Three-cornered Hat, premieres in London
22nd July 1844 Born today: William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)
22nd July 1814 The Earliest known match played at Lord's Cricket Ground.
Cook, Lennon and Dinner Parties
Beatles epic was written and fuelled by happy evenings here
Location: 17 Church Row, NW3
Description: In September 1964, the late Peter Cook and his then wife Wendy and children, purchased and moved into this early Georgian terrace house that had already belonged to HG Wells.
As a new start in life, Wendy revamped and redesigned the house and soon became the host of many a legendary dinner party in the large basement kitchen.
With Peter at the head of the table and celebrity friends such as Peter Sellars, Lennon and McCartney, John Cleese, Willie Rushton, Eleanor Bron, John Bird, Cat Stevens, Michael Foot...amongst many others - many wonderful happy evenings took place were laughter took centre stage.
In fact, legend has it that The Beatles epic, 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' was written with Peter in mind and his daughter of the same name, by John Lennon. Peter and John were great friends and had the same outlook on life, enjoy and worry later!
Tagged in this Tour: The Beatles take London
Tagged in this Tour: The Ultimate Beatles Tour
Tagged in this Tour: Peter Cook's Cheese
Tagged in this Tour: The Madcap Peter Cook Tour
Celebrity
Music
Ranking This Month: 793/2701
Pages Hit This Month: 68
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/1348
Credits: Peter Cook A Biography - Harry Thompson
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HG Wells+Peter Cook lived here
This is where author HG Wells and Comedian Peter Cook lived.
2006-08-30
Hancock's Half Hour...», 3.8km
Monty Python's first Curry», 0.7km
Climbing the Uxbridge Road», 6.6km
Bernie & Mike Winters lived here», 3.4km
Leslie Phillips lived here», 8.0km
Monty Python Empire formed here», 3.6km
A Funny Man schooled here», 7.3km
Tommy's 1st BBC Audition», 2.5km
Comic Wordplay in Punner», 8.8km
Bring Me Sunshine....», 4.2km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
