Punk band formed in London. Members included Johnny Rotten (born John Lydon) and Sid Vicious. Managed by Malcolm McLaren. Infamous TV appearance being interviewed by Bill Grundy. In 1975 they lived at 39 New Court Hampstead. The picture shows the group near Hyde Park in 1977.
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Red Bus Recording Studios
Founded by Eliot Cohen, Ellis Elias and Leslie Grade this studio has recorded Bananarama, Duran Duran, Gloria Gaynor, Billy Ocean, Sinitta, Spandau Ballet, Tina Turner, Alison Moyet, Boney M, Goldf...
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John Lennon
Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool. One of the four Beatles. Shot dead in the steet in New York City by Mark Chapman. One of the few people commemorated with more than one English Heritage-m...
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Bon Scott
Singer and songwriter. Born Ronald Belford Scott in Forfar, Scotland, his family moved to Melbourne, Australia when he was six. He joined the rock group AC/DC as lead singer in 1974. Following a re...
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Fred Astaire
Dancer, singer, actor. Born and died America. Brother and sister, Frederick and Adele Austerlitz, started as children as vaudeville performers. Between 1917 and 1932 they appeared in musical shows ...
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Blur
Rock band. The group originally comprised Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, and were central to the so-called 'Britpop' music genre. They broke up in 2003 and reformed in 2008.
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Groundwork
An environmental agency based in Birmingham. It works with communities across the United Kingdom, to help them create places in which to live and work in a greener, more sustainable way and to impr...
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World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
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James Barry
Painter. Born in Water Lane, Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. He studied in Italy and in 1782 he was appointed Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy. Because of abusive remarks about his colleagues, ...
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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