Dick Weindling

An incredible blog story of how one man brought down the biggest fire insurance gang of the 20th century. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2026/02/fire-r…

How to rob eight banks in a morning. New blog story: kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-mo…

The story of Graham Young, the Neasden poisoner. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/08/graham…

New story which looks at Jack Lemon Burton of Kilburn, who became the largest dealer of second-hand Bugatti luxury cars in the world. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/07/jack-l… This is the Bugatti Royale, one of only seven built, once the largest car in the world

@robnitm Hi Rob, probably 7 Priory Terrace West Hampstead

Davy Jones of the Monkees with Lulu in the garden of her home in St John's Wood, London. 1967

A cruel 1950s history true story to trick young first-time home buyers. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-ho…

Sean Connery in Kilburn and West Hampstead kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/06/sean-c…

Here is an unusual blog story about the Victorian 'Horse Whisperer' Professor Galvayne. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-ne…

Blog story about the Mad Cyclist of Cricklewood from 1909. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-ma…

@Against_3G Hi, Our blog has over 200 stories and some of these look at the Queen's Park, Willesden, Kensal Rise area. Try the search box at the top of the Home page: kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com

Hi @DickWeindling I've only just found out about you. Please can you tell me if you have any documents about the Queens Park, Maida Hill, W9 area? Thank you.

WH Smith lived in Kilburn House from 1839 to 1856. The previous occupant was Lady Elizabeth Conygham, a mistress of George, Prince of Wales. Read the story here: kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2019/11/kilbur… 1827 cartoon of George and Elizabeth

Today, shoplifting is a very important issue. Here is a story from the 1900s of a young woman who the press called the 'Queen of Shoplifters'. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/03/lillie…

@oxley264 No.3 Wavell Mews is not a basement flat. It is a two floor mews house in West Hampstead. Sean was here from 1958 to 1962 when he was given the James Bond role in Dr No.

Sean Connery leaving his basement flat in London to play golf during the early 1960s

Here is the unusual story behind Freddie Bartholomew's rise to stardom from Harlesden to Hollywood. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2025/01/freddi… Freddie with WC Fields, 'David Copperfield' (1935)

New blog story about the role a Cricklewood photographic factory played in exposing a fake spiritualist in the 1920s. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2024/12/spirit… Harry Price with a spirit image. Photo by William Hope.

New story of Decca Studios in World War Two. kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2024/11/wartim… The Studios in Broadhurst Gardens West Hampstead in 1963

Whodunit? A true crime story of a wartime Kilburn kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2024/10/whodun… Jimmy O'Connor was accused the murder.

Alan Stuart who was born in Kilburn, played with Tommy Steele and was a stunt double in hundreds of films, including Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove. Read the story here: kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-sa… Alan (left) with Tommy Steele and the Steelmen in 1957 (Getty Images)

Adele is performing 10 shows in Munich this month. In the publicity she name-checked The Good Ship in Kilburn as one of the venues that gave her a start. Have a look at the blog story: kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2024/08/adele-…

@MsMarmitelover Yes, it is here: The Library at Willesden Green – second floor, 95 High Road Willesden, NW10 2SF

@DickWeindling Is that at the library?

The story of the 1934 Kilburn train crash kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2024/08/hallel…