This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood
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Radio Luxembourg 112
Radio Rentals 45, 119
Record Song Book 132
records, music 45, 50–1, 111, 119, 130, 179, 180–1, 182, 186, 195, 198
Regent Sound Studios 270
Remington Electric Razors 254–5
Rice-Davies, Mandy 190
Rillington Place 147–8
Robb, Jimmy 185, 187, 215
Roberts, Cheryl 175, 179, 180, 196, 213–14
Rockers 197
Roehampton 149, 179, 266, 267
Rolling Stones 184, 187–8
Romford 160, 162–6
Ron (Lilian’s suitor) 160–5
Rowe Housing Trust 12, 48–9, 80, 82–3, 95–6, 194, 199, 204; after Lilian’s death 235–6
Salmon, Justice 79–80
Samwell, Ian 275
Sassoon, Vidal 184
Schaefer, Jack: Shane 118, 119, 129
Shane (book and film) 118, 129–30
Shellito, Ken 178
Shepherd, Jennifer 157
Shepherd’s Bush 23, 60, 194, 269, 275; market 181
shops 38–40, 98, 99, 104
singing 132–3
Sir Walter St John’s School 124–5
Sloane Grammar School, Chelsea 125–6, 127–9, 136–7, 140, 148–9, 159, 168–9, 174, 177, 180, 211, 212, 248–51, 252–3, 254; caning 188; English lessons 169, 170, 248–51; music 129, 184; R.E. 169; school play 170; smoking 214–15; sport 128
Small Faces, the (band) 256–7, 270
Smith, Carol 120, 121–2, 123, 185–6
Smith, Mr (teacher) 169–70, 248, 253
smoking 41, 139–40, 199, 281; at school 214–15
Soho 175, 184, 187, 194, 252, 270, 280
Somerset House 221, 223, 224
song-writing 112, 113, 270
Southam Street, North Kensington 12–14, 21–3, 35–8, 46, 48, 55, 56, 69, 80, 83, 245; immigrants and racism 75–80, 89–90, 93–5; photographs 13, 76; violence 65–7, 89–90; demolition 95, 99, 266
St Charles’ Hospital 171, 202, 203–4, 283
St Clement Danes School 124
Stacey, Mr (father of Yvonne) 215–16
Stacey, Mrs (mother of Yvonne) 215–16
Stacey, Yvonne 185–7, 206, 215–16
Stamford Bridge 177–8
Stamp, Terence 183
Stewart, Rod 252
Stonehouse, John 277
Sunday School 25
Sutton Dwellings 24, 25, 134, 182
swimming 109
Swinson, Paul 184
Symbols, the (band) 257
Tanner, Dr 137, 140, 148, 170–1, 177, 191, 204
Tapper, Dereck 72–3, 74, 75, 92–3, 121, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 253; at university 253
Ted (of Sutton Dwellings) 25, 28–9
Teddy Boys 77–8, 89, 90, 145, 227
television 91, 97, 118–19; BBC2 259–60; satire 183
Tesco 255–6, 261–4
That Was the Week That Was (tv programme) 183
‘The Street Singer’ (song) 50–1
theatre 111–12, 183, 249
‘This Boy’ (song) 280–1
Thompson, Sheila 96, 201, 203, 210–11
Times, The 24, 254
Today (radio programme) 190
Tom (uncle of Lilian) 19
totters 23
Tracy, Arthur 50
Trellick Tower 266
Two-Way Family Favourites (radio programme) 130
Vampires, the (band) 185, 205, 206, 212, 228
Walker, ‘Pop’ 35–6
Walmer Road, North Kensington 95–9, 134–5, 175–6, 194, 196, 208; demolition 266
Walthamstow 30, 86
washing 38
Watford 197, 203, 208–9, 246, 258, 272–3
Weedon, Bert: Play in a Day 113
welfare state 99
Welwyn Garden City 235
West Indians 48, 75–7, 147; Cochrane 89–92, 94
Whitaker, Barbara 258
Whitaker, Mike 196–9, 201, 202, 203, 216, 218–19, 220, 228, 232, 246, 247, 258
Whitaker, Renay (niece of Alan) 273
Whitaker, Tara (niece of Alan) 283
White City 121, 268
Wild Angels, the (band) 256–7
Williams, John 212, 215
Wilson, Harold 254
Wiltshire, Andrew: at school 194, 212–13, 214, 215, 229, 252; with bands 255–6, 257, 260, 263, 268, 269, 270, 272, 279; at wedding 283
Wiltshire, John 213, 214, 252
Wiltshire, Kath 213
Wiltshire, Wally 213
wireless 45, 46; see also radio
Wodehouse, P. G. 128
Woofenden, Miss (teacher) 110
Woosnam, Mr (teacher) 128, 248
World’s End pub 187, 188
Wormwood Scrubs 97, 119, 121–2
Wornington Road Infants’ School 35, 57, 64–5, 74, 75, 260
writing 249–50, 252
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