WALKING IN MATT'S FOOTSTEPS
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:51 pm
Anyone got any ideas where the pre-fame Matt hung around? I've heard, apart from his birthplace somewhere in Shoreditch, that he spent many years in the Holloway area. I'm told that he lived in Windsor Road, N7, possibly Brecknock Rd N7 & Fairbridge Rd N19.
Would anyone know the exact numbers in each road?
Also, The Singer's Singer states he went to Duncombe Rd school. Now, there's a Duncombe School in Sussex Way N19 and there was Archway Boys' School near Duncombe Rd; Which would it be? The old bus garage he worked out of is long gone (now Cornwallis Square). The Boston Arms is still going strong.
These are all pre-Mickie as well I think! And mind you, some of the above info is from people who've allegedly travelled on the famous red bus he drove for a short while, the one that must've had 10,000+ seats on it!!! In all seriousness, I feel that it'd be a nice addition to the site which is why I put it here and not elsewhere ( because I wasn't sure ).
With so much rebuilding of London in particular, it'd be nice to keep a note of such places. There are all sorts of "walks" - Jack The Ripper, Ghosts etc. Why not compile a map of Matt's in London? The Who have one on their recent "Kids Are Alright" DVD release. It could include dance halls ( eg Hornsey Town Hall 1959 ), pubs & clubs right up to the likes of the Talk Of The Town & The Barbican. Did he go to the Arsenal on occasion? That's just gone a few months ago. Not forgetting Abbey Rd Studios, Tin Pan Alley and various TV / radio stations.
And on from that, it could also spread to the rest of the World as he toured so extensively and lived abroad on occasion.
It's an idea prompted by looking around at the 'Blue Plaques' that go up from time to time here in England.
Would anyone know the exact numbers in each road?
Also, The Singer's Singer states he went to Duncombe Rd school. Now, there's a Duncombe School in Sussex Way N19 and there was Archway Boys' School near Duncombe Rd; Which would it be? The old bus garage he worked out of is long gone (now Cornwallis Square). The Boston Arms is still going strong.
These are all pre-Mickie as well I think! And mind you, some of the above info is from people who've allegedly travelled on the famous red bus he drove for a short while, the one that must've had 10,000+ seats on it!!! In all seriousness, I feel that it'd be a nice addition to the site which is why I put it here and not elsewhere ( because I wasn't sure ).
With so much rebuilding of London in particular, it'd be nice to keep a note of such places. There are all sorts of "walks" - Jack The Ripper, Ghosts etc. Why not compile a map of Matt's in London? The Who have one on their recent "Kids Are Alright" DVD release. It could include dance halls ( eg Hornsey Town Hall 1959 ), pubs & clubs right up to the likes of the Talk Of The Town & The Barbican. Did he go to the Arsenal on occasion? That's just gone a few months ago. Not forgetting Abbey Rd Studios, Tin Pan Alley and various TV / radio stations.
And on from that, it could also spread to the rest of the World as he toured so extensively and lived abroad on occasion.
It's an idea prompted by looking around at the 'Blue Plaques' that go up from time to time here in England.
