tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238561.post6515635175214319532..comments2008-06-10T12:03:20.299+01:00Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440524257138574864noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238561.post-74068686029173285132008-06-10T12:03:00.000+01:002008-06-10T12:03:00.000+01:00Interesting that you should bring up the eugenicist Jonathan Ross in this thread - his remarks back in 2006 about putting "something in the water supply... in order to stop [people on council estates] having children" could just be a display of self-loathing. (For the record wasn't he born in Camden then decamped later to Leytonstone... I don't know if this dilutes his claim to be authentically Leytonstonian)Roger Dexternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238561.post-78072302593858604952008-06-10T07:44:00.000+01:002008-06-10T07:44:00.000+01:00Thanks for these great comments. The panjandrum is a great link back to Leytonstone - haven't worked out quite where it was made yet. And talk of Ricky Gervais reminds me that his near neighbour in Hampstead Jonathan Ross lived in very humble dwellings in Leytonstone but I'm not sure whether it was a council house or not.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440524257138574864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238561.post-11973582037950315742008-06-10T00:04:00.000+01:002008-06-10T00:04:00.000+01:00Was Paul Weller's 'Stanley Road' gaff on a council estate... or just a council house?<BR/><BR/>Barrat Homes' former boss David Pretty was dragged up on a council estate in Acton.<BR/><BR/>Ricky Gervais "grew up in a three-bedroom house on a council estate in Reading"<BR/><BR/>I grew up on an estate... but it was a large country estate with staff, a large lake and excellent shooting...Roddy Eliasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238561.post-72379111228411795972008-06-04T09:04:00.000+01:002008-06-04T09:04:00.000+01:00Iron Maiden modelled their stage-act on the effects of the Mighty Panjandrum - which, of course, was made in Leytonstone. Coicncidence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238561.post-53531914721766711312008-06-03T22:10:00.000+01:002008-06-03T22:10:00.000+01:00Puts me in mind of the lyric by Albertos Y Los Trios Paranoias "council estate/ filled with hate/ gonna leave it now/ before it's too late" from their Snuff Rock EP. I don't know if CP Lee either counts as famous or grew up on a council estate though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQotUNNbK5oAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com