In Quadrophenia Jimmy's scooter was killed at Gravesend Rd & Sawley Rd, Shepherd's Bush ow.ly/i/4bjkv

In the 60s writer Salman Rushdie lived above popular boutique "Granny Takes A Trip" which was at 488 King's Road, Chelsea #London

Earl's Court was named after a court house beside Old Manor Lane. It was in the Manor of Kensington headed by the Earl of Oxford #EarlsCourt

The viewing plinth at the top of The Monument was caged in 1842 due to a high number of suicides.

#BornOnThisDay 1842 Lambeth's Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert And Sullivan fame.

Covent Garden was recorded in 1491 as 'Convent Garden' being the walled gardens of the monks of Westminster Abbey #London

The 1st 'official' exhibition football game under FA Rules was at Battersea Park on 9 January 1864. Players were selected by the FA.

The first asparagus to be grown in Britain was grown in Battersea.

Billiter Square, off Fenchurch Street, takes its name from the bellfounders (belleyesterers) who lived in the area.

At the men-only Beefsteak Club, 9 Irving Street, founded in 1876, members only call the waiters "Charles" so as to not say the wrong name.

On 11 May 1960 Gene Vincent recorded "Pistol Packin' Mama" at the EMI Abbey Road Studios, London

#OnThisDay 1553 Sir Hugh Willoughby and his fleet set sail from Ratcliff Stairs to discover the North-East Passage

#OnThisDay 1962 Snooker legend Jimmy White was born Streathbourne Road, Tooting.

#OnThisDay 1975 Footballer David Beckham was born at Whipps Cross Hospital. He lived at 150 Norman Road, Leytonstone as young boy.

#OnThisDay 1611 In London the King James' Bible was published for the first time by printer the King's printer Robert Barker.

#OnThisDay 1536 Anne Boleyn was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.

#OnThisDay 1997 At 43 years of age Tony Blair became the youngest British prime minister of the 20th century and moved into Downing Street

#OnThisDay 1985 Lily Rose Beatrice Allen was born in Hammersmith.

On 2nd May 1905 at Old Bailey brothers Albert & Alfred Stratton became the 1st in Britain convicted of murder based on fingerprint evidence

#OnThisDay 1977 The White Riot Tour kicked of at the Roxy, Covent Garden with The Clash, The Jam and The Buzzcocks