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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
19th September 1978 Actor Ramin Karimloo, Phantom & Love Never Dies London, born in Tehran.
19th September 1972 Diplomat at the Israeli embassy killed by a letter bomb.
19th September 1946 Born today: John Coghlan, London, rock drummer (Status Quo)
19th September 1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London
19th September 1867 Illustrator Arthur Rackham was born in Lewisham.
Once a Gun Safe House
This is where in 1955, Police found a cache of IRA guns
Location: 257 Caledonian Road, N1
Description: In the course of the 20th Century, the Irish community in Islington continued to grow, and Irish terrorism started to periodically operate from safe houses on the Caledonian Road.
In 1955, a cache of Bren Guns and other guns were discovered in the cellar of 257 Caledonian Road.
The IRAs involvement in the area tied the Caledonian Road into a wider sense of tension across the whole capital, a state of affairs that persisted into the 1990's.
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Ranking This Month: 2519/2729
Pages Hit This Month: 40
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/2528
Credits: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/20/tv-review-secret-life-streets
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