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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
24th June 1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London
24th June 1942 Born today: Mick Fleetwood, London, rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way)
24th June 1717 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London
24th June 1509 The Coronation of Henry VIII in Westminster Abbey.
Electric Avenue
The first ever shopping area with electric lights.
Location: Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
Description: This was the first electric shopping area in London, built in the 1880s and now host to Brixton Market.
Electric Avenue inspired the name of Eddy Grant's #2 hit of 1983 from the album Killer on the Rampage. The song describes the problems in the world as seen by Eddy Grant.
In April 1999, a homemade nail bomb exploded in the market, injuring 48 people, including a security guard who was trying to move disbelieving shoppers and a 14-year-old boy who picked the bomb up and carried it away from the crowds. The bomb was one of three detonated by far-right extremist David Copeland in attacks aimed at London's black, Asian, and gay communities.
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Abbey Road Studios», 5.5km
Lloyd Webber's childhood home», 5.6km
Pop Video Morrissey Style», 6.1km
Trident Sound Studios», 3.7km
Sid Vicious' Squat», 7.1km
Maggie Thatcher's Drinking Club», 3.2km
David Bowie's Coal Mine», 2.8km
Brady's Bar», 0.0km
The Original Mean Fiddler», 7.7km
The Pigalle Club», 3.3km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
