Category: West London

This part contains, in no chronological order, some reflections on the life and times of being an R’s supporter in the 50’s and 60’s. One aspect of Loftus Road which today is alien to supporters not so long in the tooth as yours truly and a certain Kerrins (!), is the condition of the pitch. Continue reading

A copy of my book, Loftus Road Legacy – The History Of Shepherd’s Bush Football Club, came up for auction recently at Graham Budd Auctions in association with Sotheby’s. The price guide was ¬£300-400. But if you do have a copy, don’t turn your house upside down to find it. The book accompanied a 1914 Continue reading

Irish Jack made mention of Shepherd’s Bush Market as a failed record seller. I became a frequent Saturday morning visitor. It was home of the famous WG Stores who also provided records for QPR. I was a frequent visitor to the Store and to the stall in the Market which sold ex-juke box records. I Continue reading

This article should be read in conjunction with the brilliant offerings from Irish Jack who was also a founder member of the Kelmscott Gang. On the 6th July 1946, QPR increased their support by one. Having been born in Hammersmith Hospital and within the sound of Loftus Road, it was inevitable that I would follow Continue reading

When the fashion really began to take off, it took any one of us seven or eight weeks to save up to buy something that was old hat after a month. Figure that out, cos I can’t, but that’s how much we cared about how we looked. Mods hated finding themselves out of sync with Continue reading

This spooky tale concerns a phantom bus that haunted North Kensington between Cambridge Gardens and Chesterton Road junctions on St. Mark’s Road. Although it seems to have lain dormant for over 50 years, J.A. Brooks wrote about it in his book, ‘Ghosts Of London.’ In June 1934, a young motorist suffered a terrible death when Continue reading

In the few years that were to follow, I very quickly got to know each one of the band very intimately (no! it wasn’t like that!) Colin Dawson soon left and is now the manager of a Pleasure Park. John Entwistle at the time worked with his mother Queenie, at the Acton Tax Office in Continue reading

Irish Jack is the author of ‘The Who In Concert File’ (Omnibus Press) which is co-authored by Joe McMichael. Some of the references to Peter Meaden and ‘I’m The Face’ are extracts from ‘History’ which he contributed to Paulo Hewitt’s, ‘The Sharper Word : A Mod Anthology’ (Helter Skelter Books) Irish Jack is one of Continue reading

The marketing officer at BookForce sent a copy of your email to me and I’d be delighted if you would put something on your website. My family have been supporters of the Rangers for many, many years. My youngest daughter is now the fourth generation of QPR fans in the family and we were Season Continue reading

The Church is said to be haunted by monks who have been seen, sometimes in procession of up to twelve in number and at other times, just a lone monk has been viewed walking through the central aisle. The Church only dates from the second half of the 19th century but the monks of the Continue reading