Thank you for that. I've heard of this film but never seen it. I think they actually take in a road very important to me, I'll let you know.
The Escapologist Jonny Easgle used to have his pitch on Tower hill and one of my aunts used to take us to see him but the best bit of the treat was going to the Lyons Corner house at Marble Arch for tea on the way home, one of her friends was a manager there so we got VIP service and always a good table
I loved Lyons Corner House too. Our nearest one to where we worked was Piccadily & that was our 'treat place' on birthdays. You could buy a gorgeous gateau for 7/6 (35p!), a bit pricey at the time but well worth it. My Mum liked the Lyons tea shop in Wood Green High Road & we called in for a pot of tea & buns/cakes on a regular basis! The Nippies always fascinated me with smart, neat uniforms. As a young girl I thought them very glamorous!
Was the escapologist the guy who was tied up from head to toe & he freed himself with amazing speed? If so I saw him many times too...
Also hard to believe that those humble tea houses caused one of the seismic events in computing history (LEO) .
That's the man Maggie, he used to turn up in various places around London , Tower Hill was the place we saw him mostly because my aunt worked nearby in a factory that made Christmas and various other decorations for the big London stores , my aunt was a sales / designer for the company so on many occasions we went to the stores and were left to roam around the toy departments, one of our favourites was Selfridges especially Christmas as she would organise a visit for all her nephews and nieces to see Mr Holly , this was usually just before the store closed , brilliant place to go when the crowds had left
My mum worked in the Lyons at the tram tunnel and at Finsbury Park. (Told us that Roger Moore used to use it waiting for Dorothy Squires!)
The place I most remember seeing him was Petticoat Lane on Sunday mornings. My Dad took me often, we started in Club Row 'cos I loved all the puppies & kittens for sale in those days but long since stopped & then walked through to P. Lane across flattened bomb sites where he would be performing. Brilliant to watch. I used to take my kids to Selfridges every Christmas to see Santa. They loved it. I don't ever remember going myself as a child though, mind you there was nothing much to buy back then with rationing & shortages! What a lovely Aunt you had, must have been magical...
She was , never married or had kids but loved to treat us lot , later found out she was engaged but her fiance was killed in the war
Back to one of my regular moans TV picks for the FA Cup - WHY is Man Utd v Reading being televised its a ****ty home win cup tie the likelihood of Reading getting a result at United on current form is zero, if it had been at Reading fair enough, and I know they showed Leicester in R3 (well the BBC did) but Walsall V Leicester ticks all the boxes and we might yet end up with Borehamwood v Leeds but no Man U v Reading useless ****ers.
They had a 12-year, 58 match run of consecutive FA Cup TV appearances until 2017: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...d-12-year-streak-fa-cup-matches-a8097601.html
Yes and I probably moaned about a few of those too!! I do understand that ITV is a commercial station and that Man Utd will attract viewers and that advertisers will probably pay more for ads in this game but it still annoys me.
