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3 unusual facts about Neasden


Delroy Washington

Washington founded the Federation of Reggae Music, which worked with Brent Council to install a blue plaque on the house in Neasden where the Wailers lived in the early 1970s.

GCR Class 11B

As intended the 11Bs displaced Pollitt's 11As on the London Extension services, with engines shedded at Leicester, Gorton and Neasden.

Mario Fabrizi

On 5 April 1963 Fabrizi died of a stress-related illness at his home in Neasden, London; his wife and son survived him.


Brent Park

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, or simply the Neasden Temple, located off Brentfield Road, is a Hindu temple which opened in 1995.

Edgware, Highgate and London Railway

The tracks were removed in 1971 following which the Northern City Line empty stock movements ran from Neasden via King's Cross (York Road) and the Widened Lines.

Hinduism in England

Some of the larger and more famous temples include the Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, the Bhaktivedanta Manor (Hare Krishna) Temple in Letchmore Heath near Watford, the Balaji Temple in Birmingham, the Sanatan Mandir in Leicester, the Vishwa Hindu Mandir in Southall, the Murugan Temple in Manor Park and the Gujarat Hindu Society Krishna Temple in Preston.

Pevsner

"Baldy" Pevsner, legendary player for Neasden FC as depicted in Private Eye


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