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4 unusual facts about Finchley


Adolf Fierla

Fierla died 8 September 1967 in London and is buried in the Finchley district of London.

Tudor St George Tucker

Tudor St George Tucker (28 April 1862 - 21 December 1906) was born in Finchley in Middlesex the son of Captain Charlton Nassau Tucker, a retired cavalry officer in the East India Company's service.

Woodside Morris Men

In March 1965, Woodside Squire, Graham Wild, wrote a letter to all members of the team to inform them that, for one week only, the side would be meeting at the Railway Club, Watford, for practice, but not to worry, as practice would return to Finchley as soon as possible.

The name comes from the School at which the Phoenix Folk Club met, which happened to be situated in a part of Finchley known as Woodside Park.


A Thing About Machines

Finchley runs from the house and is chased by his driverless car (a 1939 Lagonda coupe).

Andrew McFadyean

His attempts to be elected to Parliament in 1945 as the Liberal and Free Trade candidate for the City of London, and 1950 for Finchley were unsuccessful.

Darren Barker

Barker started his boxing career at a young age, he trained at Finchley and District Amateur Boxing club in New Barnet where he was trained by Jimmy Oliver (father of former European Champion Spencer Oliver) amongst others.

Dwight School London

The school initially developed from the Holmewood Boys’ preparatory school founded in 1885 at North Finchley, which in 1985 was acquired by the Dwight Franklin Foundation and the family of the then Chancellor of the Dwight School, New York, which remains the sister school of Dwight School London.

East Finchley

Jerry Springer was born in East Finchley tube station in 1944 when his parents lived at Belvedere Court.

East Finchley tube station

American chat show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, Jerry Springer claims he was born inside the station on 13 February 1944, during the Blitz, but he may be mistaken and it's more likely that it was Highgate station where his mother was sheltering since there is no deep shelter at East Finchley, a surface station.

Eric Moon

He began his professional career running small libraries in Hertfordshire, at Finchley, at Brentford and Chiswick, and then at Kensington, experimenting with novel ideas in library service through this period.

John Feckenham

Released by Queen Mary I on her accession in 1553, he returned to Bonner's service, became a prebendary of St Paul's, rector of Finchley, then of Greenford Magna, chaplain and confessor to the Queen, and then Dean of St Paul's (10 March 1554).

John Pretyman Newman

The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain, and Newman was elected as first member of parliament for the new Finchley constituency, which included part of the existing Enfield seat.

Mr. Finchley

This is the first of around 20 disconnected episodes which take Mr Finchley gradually west to Land's End and then back to London.

Robert Marnock

Another of his achievements was the landscaping of the grounds of Avenue House, Finchley, north London, the property of ink magnate Henry Charles Stephens.

St James' Catholic High School, Colindale

The current headteacher is Mrs. Niamh Arnull (since 2010), a former pupil at the nearby Bishop Douglass School in Finchley.


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