Tours | Categories (New, Hot) | Map
Alcohol - Ancient - Animal - Architecture - Art - Aviation - Boxing - Celebrity - Charity - Children - Church - Cinema - Comedy - Crime - Dance - Death - Disaster - Drugs - Fashion - Food - Gambling - Ghost - Grave - Health - Historical - Industry - Justice - LGBT - Literary - Look Up - Medical - Military - Motoring - Murder - Museum - Music - Nature - Naval - Paranormal - Pioneer - Poetry - Police - Politics - Pub - Public Amenities - Quirky - Religion - Retail - Ripper - River - Royalty - Science - Sculpture - Sex - Signs - Society - Sport - Subterranean - Technology - Theatre - Train - Transport - Tube - TV - Weather -
Contact Us
IN THE NEWS
TOUR OF THE MONTH
ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
25th April 1946 Christopher Fry's Phoenix too Frequent, premieres in London
25th April 1944 Strictly star Len Goodman was born in Bethnal Green.
25th April 1896 Sidney Jones and Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
25th April 1660 London Convention Parliament begins
A Distinctive Tune in Tooting
Station made famous by the unique band 'Kitchens of Distinction'
Location: Tooting High Street, SW17 0SU
Description: 'Tooting Broadway Station' sits on this very spot, and is a very useful Northern Line Underground station.
But that's not all...
It is imortalised in a song by the fabulously named - 'Kitchens of Distinction' (sometimes shortened colloquially to KOD) - who were a three-person alternative rock/dream pop band who formed in the area.
They recorded 'On Tooting Broadway Station' on their 1992 album The Death of Cool. Going on to produce four studio albums and a handful of singles and EPs before disbanding in 1996.
Transport
Ranking This Month: 1485/2768
Pages Hit This Month: 58
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/2046
Credits: http://www.billcarney.com/kod/
|
Station made famous by the unique band 'Kitchens of Distinction' |
The Shady Old Lady points out that you can drag this map using mouse. Or visit our full massive map.
The Pigalle Club», 5.7km
A fabulous Live Music location», 6.2km
Sex Pistols lived here», 6.2km
The Who's Railway Hotel», 13.km
Lloyd Webber's childhood home», 6.8km
Home to a Mozzer», 7.6km
Sex Pistols Squat», 8.8km
Famous Rock Lips Born Here», 17.km
The Turkish Beatles», 6.9km
George Michael crashed here», 8.7km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
