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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
18th September 1970 Rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix dies in London.
18th September 1962 Footballer John Fashanu was born in Kensington.
18th September 1946 Actor Nicholas Clay was born in Streatham.
18th September 1922 Brass Band composer Ray Steadman-Allen was born in Clapton.
18th September 1809 The Royal Opera House opened for the first time.
Heir to Spike Milligan's Throne
Spike Milligan's character Ethel Shroake lived here.
Location: 393A High Street, Leytonstone
Description: Spike Milligan based a character who lived here in his 1969 play and subsequent film The Bed-Sitting Room.
The fictional character was the closest heir to the British throne after the outbreak of nuclear war.
She was a Mrs. Ethel Shroake of 393a High Street, Leytonstone, who eventually appears in the final scene.
Note that it is Leytonstone High Road rather than High Street in the real world.
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