'Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove' by Killing Joke - Ladbroke Grove, London, UK
N 51° 30.530 W 000° 12.217
30U E 694049 N 5710119
Ladbroke Grove is a road in west London that runs in a generally north/south direction between Harrow Road, in the north, and Holland Park Avneue, in the south.
Waymark Code: WMF2KY
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/12/2012
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Wikipedia (visit link) tells a
little of Ladbroke Grove:
"Ladbroke Grove is a west London
road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is also sometimes the
name given informally to the immediate surrounding area. Running from Notting
Hill in the south to Kensal Green in the north, it is located in North
Kensington and straddles the W10 and W11 postal districts. Ladbroke Grove tube
station is located on the road, at the point where it is crossed by the Westway.
The adjacent bridge and nearby section of the Westway (London) was regenerated
in 2007 in a partnership including Urban Eye, Transport for London and London
Underground. It is also the nearest tube station to Portobello Road
Market.
The street is named after James
Weller Ladbroke, who developed the Ladbroke Estate in the mid nineteenth
century, until then a largely rural area on the western edges of
London.
It is the main road on the route of
the annual Notting Hill Carnival in August."
The full lyrics (visit
link) are:
"Holy water, burn my money
(Danger,
danger, stranger, stranger)
Guns and bling-bling, blues shabena
(First
one's free, pay me later)
All habits still die hard
(Danger, danger, it's
getting stranger)
Get together, come remember
Ghosts
of Ladbroke Grove
(What's happened to Ladbroke Grove?)
All my brothers and
comrades
(Danger, danger, stranger, stranger)
Come together with the
sound
(First one's free, pay me later)
All my brothers and
soulmates
(Danger, danger, it's getting stranger)
All hail this hallowed
ground
(First one's free, pay me later)
Get together, come remember
Ghosts
of Ladbroke Grove
(What's happened to Ladbroke Grove?)
Carnivals and riots, immigrants and
radicals
(Danger, danger, stranger, stranger)
Artists - no per
diems
(First one's free, pay me later)
Carnivals and riots, immigrants and
radicals
(Danger, danger, it's getting stranger)
Bands who've lost their
dreams
(First one's free, pay me later)
Get together, come remember
Ghosts
of Ladbroke Grove
(What's happened to Ladbroke
Grove?)"