New story which looks at Jack Lemon Burton of Kilburn, who became the largest dealer of second-hand Bugatti luxury cars in the world.
https://t.co/G23MkYAUl8
This is the Bugatti Royale, one of only seven built, once the largest car in the world
@Against_3G Hi, Our blog has over 200 stories and some of these look at the Queen's Park, Willesden, Kensal Rise area. Try the search box at the top of the Home page:
https://t.co/wTfR4cQJDw
WH Smith lived in Kilburn House from 1839 to 1856. The previous occupant was Lady Elizabeth Conygham, a mistress of George, Prince of Wales.
Read the story here:
https://t.co/XhsDFoqOLE
1827 cartoon of George and Elizabeth
Today, shoplifting is a very important issue. Here is a story from the 1900s of a young woman who the press called the 'Queen of Shoplifters'.
https://t.co/j5ZrqoEtTL
@oxley264 No.3 Wavell Mews is not a basement flat. It is a two floor mews house in West Hampstead. Sean was here from 1958 to 1962 when he was given the James Bond role in Dr No.
Here is the unusual story behind Freddie Bartholomew's rise to stardom from Harlesden to Hollywood.
https://t.co/fE6aANK2da
Freddie with WC Fields, 'David Copperfield' (1935)
New blog story about the role a Cricklewood photographic factory played in exposing a fake spiritualist in the 1920s.
https://t.co/q5Mfyuk9nT
Harry Price with a spirit image. Photo by William Hope.
Alan Stuart who was born in Kilburn, played with Tommy Steele and was a stunt double in hundreds of films, including Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove. Read the story here:
https://t.co/fQ5LTeXrRf
Alan (left) with Tommy Steele and the Steelmen in 1957 (Getty Images)
Adele is performing 10 shows in Munich this month. In the publicity she name-checked The Good Ship in Kilburn as one of the venues that gave her a start.
Have a look at the blog story:
https://t.co/1hF1AFmwi4