Watching ‘Songs of Praise’ on Sunday morning. A picturesque tour of the C. of E. churches of Ealing. ‘The Queen of the Suburbs’ no less. ‘The New Territories’ of London 🙂 Not that I remember, I was only 1 year old!
North Ealing Pub
Dad took a job teaching in London and we lived in Ealing.
I have a right to support a Premier League team based on residence now – Queens Park Rangers (newly promoted)...owned by Bernie Ecclestone of Formula One (Help!). Supported by Eddie Hitler of TV Sitcom ‘Bottom’ (Double Help!).
People from Ealing:-
Spencer Perceval: First and only UK Prime Minister to be assasinated.
Chris Patten: Bete noir of Deng Xiaoping and the CCP.
Andrew Strauss: Bete noir of Australia last summer. England cricket captain.
Pete Townshend: Founder of ‘The Who’.
Mick and Keith also met Brian Jones at the Ealing Jazz Club in 1962.
Speaking of The Stones…
London Riots
“Street Fighting Man” in Ealing?
Or “A Clockwork Orange”? Stanley Kubrick’s dystopia made real 4 decades later thanks to Blackberry instant messaging with the hood replacing the bowler hat? After looting a shop:
“This is my bankers bonus.”
“We’re here to show the rich people and the police that they can’t stop us.”
(Quotes of London suburban disorder youth participants).
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Eddie Hitler from Bottom was played by none other than Adrian Edmondson.
Is the videographer Chinese? I thought I caught some Chinese syllables here and there.
I thought Japanese on the audio (like it how he uses the english for the 4 letter word!). But I defer to the experts, Jiang and Lamacy, and their conclusion.
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