FITZROVIA GUIDED WALKING TOUR WITH AUTHOR PAUL TALLING

- Fitzrovia has a rich history and a character all its own.

This area, known for its literary and artistic heritage, is nestled between the bustling streets of Soho, Marylebone, and Bloomsbury.We shall be walking these streets lined with elegant Georgian and Victorian buildings with Paul giving a general history of the area and reading from his London's Lost Music Venues books as we discuss the bands that played at the UFO club, Embassy Rooms, Polytechnic of Central London, The Green Man/Portlands and Regent Street Polytechnic.

Other musical references to include the Roebuck where the Jesus and Mary Chain played their 1st London gig, the Adams Arms where the first Creation Records LP was recorded, CBS Studios where The Clash, Iggy and The Stooges & Madonna recorded albums and Langham Studios, now a hotel, once home to many a BBC recording session for the likes of Bob Marley, The Cure and ELO.

Other highlights along the way include pubs associated with Dylan Thomas, Anthony Burgess and George Orwell, lost record shops of Hanway Street, the site of Boy George's squat, the location of the former Middlesex Hospital featured in the first Derelict London book, the spot where Britain's largest postwar robbery at the time took place in 1952 and a workhouse that inspired Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.