Comments on: In Denmark St

By: Jan Leivers

Jan Leivers — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:21:59 +0000

Wondered if my details could be passed to Juliet O’Neill. Ronnie Harris is my uncle and Hodfather and I would like to know if he is still alive

By: The Nashville-Teens

The Nashville-Teens — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:32:10 +0000

Please support Henry in this amazing venture to record a very important part of our British musical heritage.

By: Roger Cooper

Roger Cooper — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:29:51 +0000

Got to applaud Henry S-I for his amazing and ceaseless work to record the history of this unique corner of Londons history. Well done Henry.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 05:49:49 +0000

Please see one of the biggest mass murders that took place in Denmark Pl in the 1980’s now largely forgotten.
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/LatestNewsReleases_thirty-six-years-since-londons-deadliest-fire-since-ww2.asp#.V-i2N9R4Wf0

By: Barb Drummond

Barb Drummond — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 11:51:33 +0000

Why is none of this being featured in the national press? People from the provinces are horrified at the destruction of London, but we only know if we visit. London has become too expensive for many people to do so. Kids in London have visits to the great museums and galleries but again, the provinces are losing funding for their own venues, and few can afford to visit the capital. This is bad for al of us. How many music venues have been lost? And what happens in London inevitably spreads to the rest of Britain.

By: chris West

chris West — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 11:19:15 +0000

Geoffrey Sisley taught me classic guitar when I was a youngster. He did the popular teach yourself books and had a wonderful guitar with six accompaniment strings- great teacher and fine player. I think his studio was above Hanks. Sorry to have to say goodbye to Tin Pan Alley.

By: John Medd

John Medd — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 08:06:13 +0000

Book shops on Charing Cross Road, guitars on Denmark Street. Coming out of Chinatown and chucking a left towards Tottenham Court Road will never be the same again. Added to which it’s got all sorts of implications for Mornington Crecent if they play the ‘Northern Vectors are Passive’ variant.

By: mlleparadis

mlleparadis — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:42:57 +0000

lovely post. it’s heart-breaking and criminal that this area is being re-developed.

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:00:10 +0000

I am sad to hear that yet another street with so much fascinating history is under threat, will we never learn, tourists come to London to see these streets that they have all heard so much about, but they will not come to look at hideous modern high rise buildings, we are shooting our selves in the foot, yet again. Seems to be something that we have no problem with lately!!

Thank you again GA for more happy memories for me of all the musical instruments that my lovely cockney grandfather used to make in his workshop, I still have one of his dulcimers, just wish that I could play it!!

By: Juliet O'Neill

Juliet O'Neill — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:57:33 +0000

My Dad’s cousin was 1950s singer Ronnie Harris ( The Story of Tina ).
There is a lovely video on Youtube of Ronnie recording with Ruby Murray at Tin Pan Alley in 1955 entitled Birth of a Record.