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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
17th October 1946 Born today: Vicki Hodge, London England, actress (Confessions of a Sex Maniac)
17th October 1934 Fulham footballing legend Johnny Haynes born in Kentish Town.
17th October 1922 Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London
17th October 1814 Meux Brewery disaster at Tottenham Court Road kills 7: drowned by beer.
Arsenal and The Sutton Arms
Frank McLintock's Islington pub.
Location: 193 Caledonian Road, Islington
Description: The Sutton Arms here was famous is the early 1900s as the starting point for a race (London's newest marathon) between Great Northern Railway workers from King's Cross. It was approximately 5.3 miles finishing at Noel Park Station in Wood Green (Shopper's City today).
All the participints had nicknames, such as 'the Ginger Chicken'. I was amazed to find it is now called the Marathon Restaurant, I wonder if the story had been passed on.
Bob Rust (March 2016)
Later, in a nod to the past, it became a restaurant called the 'Marathon Restaurant'. Today its a successful Ethiopian restaurant, called The Merkato.
Former Arsenal football legend and pundit Frank McLintock MBE (born 28 December 1939) owned The Sutton Arms here between 1975-1986 with his friend Harry Hicks.
In 1977, after watching their team beat England 2-1 at Wembley, 300 very happy Scotsmen arrived here for the rest of the night. They laid clumps of Wembley turf out along the bar during their celebrations!
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