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2 unusual facts about Kilburn


Hambleton Hills

In 1857 a Giant white horse hill figure was carved in the limestone above the village of Kilburn by the village schoolmaster John Hodgson.

The Looney: An Irish Fantasy

The principal protagonist of the novel is Mick Looney, an Irish construction worker from Kilburn, London, who comes to the conclusion that he is the rightful King of Ireland.


Blair Athol, South Australia

It features a football oval, cricket ground with batting cages, two netball/basketball courts and tennis courts which are exclusively used by members of the Kilburn tennis club.

Canberra Girls' Grammar School

From 1926 to early 1928, the Old Rectory of St John the Baptist Church, Reid, was leased from the Government by the Kilburn Sisters.

County Kilburn

A young man takes a job working at The Waggon and Horses, an Irish bar in Kilburn in North London, where a number of eccentric patrons do their drinking.

Dusty Days

Dusty Days Music Festival was held on Saturday the 15th of March 2008 relocated from the Wagga Wagga Showground to the Music Bowl which is located in the Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens and featured such artists as Sneaky Sound System, Spiderbait, Midnight Juggernauts, The Beautiful Girls, Bliss n Eso, The Potbelleez, Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock, E.E.S., Leicohtica and Kilburn.

Glebe Park, Canberra

From 1926 to early 1928 the Old Rectory at St Johns was leased from the Government by the Anglican religious order of the Community of the Sisters of the Church, or the Kilburn Sisters, to found St Gabriel's school which later became the Canberra Girls' Grammar School.

Islington Works railway station

Both platforms are 50 metres in length and are not facing each other, just like the operating stations Kilburn, Nurlutta, Munno Para before its 2011−12 upgrade (also on the Gawler Central railway line) and Seacliff (on the Noarlunga Centre railway line).

Islington Works railway station is a railway station on the Gawler Central railway line located in the inner northern Adelaide suburbs of Regency Park and Kilburn to serve the adjacent Islington Railway Workshops.

Kilburn High Road railway station

The station is mentioned in a song by Flogging Molly, "The Kilburn High Road", which appears on their 2002 album Drunken Lullabies.

Kilburn White Horse

A tablet erected at the car park below it reads, "The Kilburn 'White Horse' -- This figure was cut in 1857 on the initiative of Thomas Taylor, a native of Kilburn. In 1925 a restoration fund was subscribed by the readers of the Yorkshire Evening Post and the residue of £100 was invested to provide for the triennial grooming of the figure."

London Buses route 36

The 36 West Kilburn - Hither Green Station daily and 136 West Kilburn - Southborough daily.

Mick Tucker

He was a founding member of the band "Sweetshop" in January 1968 along with Steve Priest, Brian Connolly, and Frank Torpey (b. 30 April 1947, Kilburn, North West London), who was later replaced by Mick Stewart who was himself succeeded by Andy Scott.

Standard Messenger

The newspaper generally reports on events of interest in its distribution area, including the suburbs of Kilburn, Prospect, Hillcrest and Klemzig.

Strays of York

It lies to the south-east of the city, with a short boundary on Heslington Lane and direct access from Heslington Road and University Road, as well as from Fulford Road (A19), either via Kilburn Road and through the allotments, or via the cycle path which runs from the South Bank area via the Millennium Bridge and the north side of the Imphal Barracks.

Willesden

By road, Willesden is connected to many places as the A41 road/A5 road runs close by in nearby Kilburn/Cricklewood.


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