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Lyrics - Homeward Bound
Paul Simon wrote the song at Widnes railway station while waiting for his train. The song describes his longing to return home, both to Brentwood, Essex, …
↳ Widnes station
Ian Curtis place of cremation
Macclesfield was the home town of Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris of Joy Division, a memorial to Curtis is located in Macclesfield Crematorium. The inscript…
↳ Macclesfield crematorium
Cover - Heaven Up Here
The cover of Echo and the Bunnymen's album Heaven Up Here was shot at Severn estuary mudflats.cheap christian louboutin louis vuitton borse
↳ Severn estuary mudflats
The Hammersmith Palais
The Hammersmith Palais de Danse, later known as the Hammersmith Palais, was a ballroom and entertainment venue in London from 1919 to 2007. The venue was …
↳ Hammersmith Palais
Lyrics - Common People
The school was immortalized in Pulp's song Common People, as the place where the woman who caught Jarvis Cocker's eye (along with Jarvis himself) studied.…
↳ St Martin's College of Art and Design
Lyrics - Willesden Green
Willesden Green is the title of a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks and is included in the soundtrack of the 1971 film Percy.The Kinks…
↳ Willesden Green
The Forgotten Venue
Built in 1937, the Gaumont State Theatre was the largest movie palace ever built in England and the third largest in the United Kingdom. The theater's 4,0…
↳ The Gaumont State Theatre
The street where Johnny Rotten grew up
Johnny Rotten singer of the Sex Pistols, real name John Joseph Lydon, grew up in this street.In his autobiography No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs he tells of…
↳ Benwell Road
Redlands bust
This country house in west sussex was bought by Keith Richards the 60s, it has got a thatched roof and is surrounded by a moat.On sunday the 13th of Febru…
↳ Redlands
Album Cover - Muswell Hillbillies
The Archway Tavern is a large public house and noted music venue still operating today.Despited being located in Archway over two miles away from Muswell …
↳ Archway tavern
Anthem of London
Waterloo station is a rail and underground station on the South side of the river Thames in London, the station first opened in 1848 as 'Waterloo Bridge S…
↳ The South Bank
Rolling Stones London home
Brian Jones, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards moved into this flat in Edith Grove late summer 1962 and shared it throughout 1962 and 1963. Also sharing the …
↳ 102 Edith Grove
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