Group    From 1978 

The Triffids

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Australia

Australian. Relocated to London in August 1984. We guess their name came from the novel "The Day of the Triffids".

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The Triffids

The Triffids recorded their classic album Born Sandy Devotional on this site ...

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Atkinsons Carillon

Atkinsons Carillon

The only carillon in London. Dictionary definition of 'Carillon': a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either from a set of keys and pedals or mechanically.

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley

‘Tin Pan Alley’ originally, 1885, referred to the section of New York City where music publishers and songwriters were based.  In 1920s London music shops congregated in Denmark Street and the term...

Place, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs

1 memorial
Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier

Contralto singer.  Born Lancashire.  Her brief marriage failed due to physical incompatibility.  She learnt the piano and in a 1937 music festival she also competed in the singing contest for a bet...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Herbert Howells

Herbert Howells

Composer. Born Herbert Norman Howells at High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire. He studied under Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music and succeeded Gustav Holst as director of music at St ...

Person, Education, Music / songs

1 memorial
Shepherd's Bush Empire

Shepherd's Bush Empire

Theatre. Built for impresario Oswald Stoll and designed by Frank Matcham. Amongst its first performers were the Fred Karno troupe featuring Charlie Chaplin. When the appeal of variety shows began t...

Building, Music / songs, Theatre, TV & Radio

1 memorial

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War dead, WW1
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