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11 unusual facts about Piccadilly


Carlo Giuliano

In 1875 he set out on his own, starting a retail outlet at 115 Piccadilly, and specialising in Renaissance-style design.

Chinatown, Singapore

Trengganu Street, described as "the Piccadilly of Chinese Singapore" in the past, now forms the heart of the tourist belt in Chinatown.

Donald Baverstock

In 1957 Baverstock married Gillian Darrell Waters, elder daughter of British children's author Enid Blyton, at St James's Church, Piccadilly.

Louis Henri, Prince of Condé

While in exile in 1811, the duc de Bourbon had made the acquaintance at a bordello in Piccadilly of one Sophia Dawes or Daw, a maid in a brothel from the Isle of Wight.

Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Stoney was carried on a stretcher down the aisle of St James's Church, Piccadilly, where he married Mary.

Mayfair Hotel

The May Fair Hotel (London, UK), Stratton Street, London, W1J 8LT, between Berkeley Square and Piccadilly.

Meal Fell

Meal Fell is linked to Great Cockup to the west by the pass of Trusmadoor, a place described by Alfred Wainwright as the “Piccadilly of sheep in that locality” to the east Meal Fell is connected by a ridge to Great Sca Fell.

Publication of Darwin's theory

Joseph Dalton Hooker, John Tyndall and Thomas Huxley now formed a group of young naturalists holding Darwin in high regard, basing themselves in the Linnean Society of London which had just moved to Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, near the Royal Society.

Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères

She grew up in the workhouse at Newport and after a short period of employment with a local farmer worked as a chambermaid in Portsmouth, then went to London where she worked as a servant in a high-class brothel on Piccadilly.

Westminster St James

The creation of the parish followed the building of the Church of St James, Piccadilly in 1684 and the parish was also known by the name St James Picadilly.

In 1684 the Church of St James, Piccadilly was constructed which improved the case for providing a new parish.


Arthur Beresford Pite

Pite continued working on his commissions including the Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, Christ Church and one other church in Brixton, Kampala Cathedral, Uganda, a hospital in Jerusalem, the Chartered Accounts Hall in Moorgate (with Belcher), the West Library in Islington and buildings in Marylebone to name but a few.

Charles Towne Square

The former mall site has been redeveloped as an office complex, with a Verizon Wireless call center operating in the former Ward's building and a new multi-story office tower near Piccadilly which houses the new City Hall for the City of North Charleston.

Clive Christian No. 1

It is available in London Piccadilly's premier department store Fortnum & Mason for £415 for a 50ml bottle.

Ealing station

Ealing Common tube station on the London Underground District and Piccadilly lines

Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu

Upon his death in Dover Street (off Piccadilly) in 1802, his titles became extinct as his only son, John, Lord Montagu had died in 1787.

Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night, which also stars Wilfrid Brambell in the role of Paul's (mythical) grandfather, was premiered on Monday, 6th July, 1964, at the London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus.

Foz Foster

Foster's next soundtrack was for the 1920 horror film, The Golem: How He Came into the World, which Sawchestra performed at the Apollo Theatre, Piccadilly, as part of the 2011 London Sci-Fi Festival.

Frances Hyde, Countess of Clarendon

She is portrayed in a sympathetic light in The Piccadilly Plot, the seventh of the Thomas Chaloner mystery novels by Susanna Gregory.

Gloucester Road tube station

On 24 May 1957 Teresa Lubienska, a Polish Countess who had survived Auschwitz concentration camp, was stabbed five times on the eastbound Piccadilly line platform and died shortly afterwards.

Graham Broadbent

Co-founder of Mission Pictures with Andrew Hauptman and Damien Jones, Graham Broadbent produced Thunderpants (2002) by Peter Hewitt and Piccadilly Jim (2004) by John McKay.

Hampton Park, Ottawa

Many streets in the Hampton Park neighbourhood are named for upper-class neighbourhoods of London, including Kensington, Piccadilly, Mayfair, and Windsor.

Hanley, Staffordshire

Hanley also offers several cultural facilities such as the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (a large ceramics collection, and restored Spitfire), the Victoria Hall, the Regent Theatre, BBC Radio Stoke's Open Centre and studios, while Piccadilly hosts the annual Sanity Fair and French Market events.

Harriet Mellon

She purchased the lease on a country property four miles away at the Holly Lodge in Highgate, holding parties there and at her town house at 78 Piccadilly.

Henry O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan

He is a major character in The Piccadilly Plot, the seventh in the Thomas Chaloner mystery novels by Susanna Gregory.

Herbert James Rowse

The assessor was Giles Gilbert Scott; Rowse's design won, beating those by the architects of the Port of London Authority building, Tower Hill (Sir Edwin Cooper); the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall (Mewis and Davis); the Wolseley building, Piccadilly (Curtis Green); and the Cunard Building (Willing and Dodd) and Mersey Docks and Harbour Board building (Arnold Thornley), both at the Pier Head, Liverpool.

Hyde North railway station

Hyde North is served by alternate services (hourly in each direction) DMU on the route between Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple (Mon-Fri).

James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn

# Edward Kimber & John Almon, The Peerage of Scotland (London, U.K: Piccadilly, 1767), page 340.

King's Cross St. Pancras tube station

On 7 July 2005, as part of a co-ordinated bomb attack, an explosion in a Piccadilly line train travelling between King's Cross St Pancras and Russell Square resulted in the deaths of 26 people.

Lord Beginner

The first song was reputedly devised on the spot following the West Indies cricket team's victory against England at Lord's in 1950, inspiring Beginner and Lord Kitchener to begin a musical march from the ground to Piccadilly followed by dancing spectators.

Manchester city centre

Manchester city centre is "traditionally defined as being within the boundaries of Market Street, the River Irwell, Peter Street and Portland Street, including Piccadilly".

Manchester Piccadilly station

Manchester Piccadilly station is the terminus for Manchester Metrolink services to Altrincham, Eccles and MediaCityUK, and the through service between Bury and Droylsden.

Owen Ruffhead

The son of Owen Ruffhead, the descendant of a Welsh family and baker to King George I of Great Britain, he was born in Piccadilly.

Phil Sayer

Previously he was a newsreader on BBC North West Tonight and a presenter on several radio stations, including Piccadilly Radio, Red Rose Radio, BBC GMR (now BBC Radio Manchester) and Smooth FM.

Piccadilly Circus in popular culture

Its starting point was Roth's encounter with the collection of postcards of Piccadilly Circus owned by Richard Hamilton and his wife Rita Donagh.

The cover of Björk's album Post features Björk photographed at Piccadilly Circus.

In Wayne's World 2, Paramount flies Wayne and Garth (or their body doubles) to London and they visit Piccadilly Circus; Garth comments, "Wow, what a s***ty circus," to which Wayne replies, "Good call. There's no animals or clowns! What a ripoff!"

Piccadilly Gardens

Piccadilly Plaza contains the renovated Mercure Hotel (formerly known as the Ramada Manchester Piccadilly and Jarvis Piccadilly Hotel); the refurbishment was completed in 2008.

Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim has been adapted as a film three times, in 1919, 1936 and 2004, with Jimmy Crocker played by, respectively, Owen Moore, Robert Montgomery and Sam Rockwell.

Richard Munday

Christopher Wren's church of St. James at Piccadilly in London, England, and Old North Church in Boston, are believed to have greatly influenced Munday's baroque style.

Russ Conway

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1959, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews during a recording session at the BBC's Studio 1 at 201 Piccadilly, London.

Sound TV

The managing director of the channel was comedian and folk singer Richard Digance, a talent popular on variety shows such as the Sunday evening Live from... (Her Majesty's/the Piccadilly/the Palladium) series (produced by LWT for ITV) and also on Summertime Special, a moderately popular variety showcase of the 1980s.

St James's Street

The main gatehouse of the palace is at the southern end of the road, and in the 17th century Clarendon House faced down the street across Piccadilly, located where Albemarle Street is now situated.

The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus

The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus, the final film in the progressive series, was the first film to be broadcast through the famous Coca-Cola Billboard on Land Securities' Piccadilly Circus Lights in London.

The Crystal Prison

While Twit and Piccadilly vow to return to their home, Thomas arrives, telling Audrey that she must join him on a journey to Greenwich to speak to the Starwife.

The May Fair

It is located on Stratton Street, within close proximity of Piccadilly, Bond Street, Knightsbridge, Green Park and Buckingham Palace.

Tommy Quickly

"Tip of My Tongue" (Lennon–McCartney) / "Heaven Only Knows" (August 1963, Pye Piccadilly 7N 35137)

Tony Moorey

In 1998, after various production jobs at Piccadilly he found a job at the BBC in London making trails for Edwina Currie, Dominik Diamond, David Mellor and other programmes on Radio Five Live.

Victoria Hart

The audience included journalists and club owners and from this she was asked to perform at The Pigalle Club, in Piccadilly in London.

Wayne Alwan-Arab

On 2 October 2008, Alwan Arab defeated Matt Scriven at a dinner show hosted by the Mayfair Sporting Club at the Café Royal, Piccadilly, and on 23 April 2009 (St George's Day), Alwan Arab defeated Paul Royston at another dinner show at the Millennium Hotel Mayfair.