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5 unusual facts about Golders Green


Anthea Askey

Anthea Askey was born in Golders Green, London, to the comedian and actor Arthur Askey, and his wife Elizabeth May Swash (b. 1899, m. 1925, d. 1974).

Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua

A Rabbi from Golders Green in London added some Hebrew verse on the track 80 grains of Sand.

Ghada Karmi

The family eventually settled in the predominantly Jewish neighbourhood of Golders Green, in London, England, where her father, Hasan Sa'id Karmi, worked for the BBC Arabic service.

Golders Green Beth Hamedrash

The Golders Green Beth Hamedrash (popularly known as Munks or GGBH) is an independent Ashkenazi Orthodox Jewish congregation located in Golders Green, London, United Kingdom.

Murder of George Duncan

George Duncan was born on 20 July 1930 at Golders Green, London, the only child of New Zealand born parents Ronald Ogilvie Duncan (d.1952) and his second wife Hazel Kerr née Martell (d.1944).


Alexander the Greatest

Alexander Green is a 16-year-old boy, who lives in Golders Green in London and who wants to leave his middle-class Jewish home.

Eric Merriman

Born in Golders Green, he attended Finchley Catholic High School, where he started writing for Boy Scout magazines and children's annuals.

North End tube station

The station was to have been built at North End on the boundaries of Hampstead Heath and Golders Hill Park and is located between Hampstead and Golders Green.


see also

7 Park Avenue

Golders Green is a community in London, England, probably most known for the Golders Green Crematorium which is the final resting place for many famous Brits including The Who drummer Keith Moon, famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, and comedic actor Peter Sellers, star of the 1960s Pink Panther movies.

Munks

Golders Green Beth Hamedrash, an Ashkenazi Orthodox Jewish congregation located in Golders Green, London, United Kingdom