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Nice one, mate. Fantastic - The London of my Nan and Grandad; from Mornington Crescent to Balcombe Street in Marylebone and then on to Northolt. The Balcombe street siege in 1975 was the actual block where my Grandparents and their kids, one being my Mum, used to live.
Nice one, mate. Fantastic - The London of my Nan and Grandad; from Mornington Crescent to Balcombe Street in Marylebone and then on to Northolt. The Balcombe street siege in 1975 was the actual block where my Grandparents and their kids, one being my Mum, used to live.
That really took me back.
Unusual thing about Balcombe St (apart from the bullet holes), was you could own - live in a ‘suite of rooms’. Those buildings first floors had lovely big apartments, but the main hallway leading to the stairs separated your living space. I mean, kitchen and living room on one side of the hall, and your bedroom(s), on the other.