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.


Spike Milligan's character Ethel Shroake lived here. |
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