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15 unusual facts about north London


4-meter band

In some parts of the UK the band is little utilised, while in others, notably Belfast, Bristol, South Wales, North London and Hertfordshire, there is extensive local FM operation.

Andrew Ray

He was born Andrew Olden (Ray was his father's stage name) in North London, the son of the famous radio comic Ted Ray and his wife, showgirl Dorothy Sibil.

Animal Hospital

The animal hospitals are still in use today and are situated at Sonderburg Road in Islington, North London, Clarendon Drive in Putney, South London, and Eccles New Road, Salford, Greater Manchester.

Anna Scher Theatre

The Anna Scher Theatre is a community-based theatre school based in Islington, North London.

Brickplayer

Brickplayer was a British construction toy with four sizes of sets (1 to 4) made by J. W. Spear of Enfield in North London, later supplementary sets like a Farmyard version were introduced.

British Rail Class 97

They were powered by large batteries, and were based at Birkenhead North TMD and were employed around Birkenhead on the Merseyrail system (97701-702) or around North London (rest).

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.

Gosh It's... Bad Manners

The band had originally formed in 1976 while the members were together at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School, North London.

Joe Oloka-Onyango

Joe Oloka-Onyango (born 16 September 1960 in North London, England) is a Ugandan lawyer and academic.

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is an independent drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London.

National Transmission System

For distribution to houses, National Grid plc (this division is based in Northampton) owns the network in North West England, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, the East of England and North London.

Nick Holywell-Walker

A singer, songwriter, producer and composer, he resides in North London, UK.

Reuben Brothers

2004 The Reuben Foundation completed a multimillion pound project to build a school in North London, the school is called the N. Reuben primary school named after their mother.

Rosamund John

She was born and brought up in Tottenham in North London and became a popular film and stage actress who was known for playing gentle mannered women.

Susi Earnshaw Theatre School

The Susi Earnshaw Theatre School is a full-time private school specialising Academic and Performing Arts School in Barnet, North London.


Auto Italia South East

Located on York Way in Kings CrossNorth London, Auto Italia is both an artist-run project space and a site for exhibitions, events and collaboration.

Barnet, Vermont

The town of Barnet, Vermont, originally took its name from the town of Barnet, England, which in the eighteenth century was in the county of Hertfordshire but is now part of North London.

Carol Morley

Carol Morley is an English film director, best known for her semi-documentary Dreams of a Life, released in 2011, about Joyce Carol Vincent, who died in her North London bedsit in 2003, but was not discovered until 2006.

Dolly Shepherd

At the age of 16, she got a job as a waitress at the Alexandra Palace in North London so that she could see the composer John Philip Sousa.

Harold Tillman

Tillman and his wife of 40 years Stephanie live in Highgate, North London, and have a holiday home in Marbella, Spain.

Japanese community of London

Junko Sakai, author of Japanese Bankers in the City of London: Language, Culture and Identity in the Japanese Diaspora, stated that there is no particular location for the Japanese community in London, but that the families of Japanese "company men" have a tendency of living in North London and West London.

Jonny Hurst

Jonny Hurst (born 11 June 1966), from Wanstead, north London, is England's first Chant Laureate.

La Swap Sixth Form

The La Swap Sixth Form is the sixth-form consortium of four North London schools: La Sainte Union, William Ellis, Acland Burghley, and Parliament Hill.

Living with the Future

"Paxton House", North London - family house built in spare space between mews houses - the most technologically advanced of the series (architects: Richard Paxton and Heidi Locher)

Oxgate Admiralty Citadel

Oxgate Admiralty Citadel is the name given to a military bunker constructed between 1937 and 1940, for the Admiralty, on the corner of Edgware Road and Oxgate Lane, in north London.

TeamSport Go Karting

TeamSport have nine tracks located throughout the United Kingdom in Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Crawley, Camberley, Cardiff, Gosport, London Tower Bridge, North London, and Southampton making TeamSport the UK's largest indoor go karting company.

Tony Want

Anthony George "Tony" Want (born 13 December 1948 in Hackney, North London) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.