The Rat and Parrot, in its former guise, was one of the first venues that Jimmy Hendrix played at on his first visit to London. [Source: our waiter Matan]

In West Hampstead a shop owner converted his premises into the first ‘self service’ store in the early sixties, a tentative experiment with limited stock. [Source: Kilburn and West Hampstead Past, by Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms]

At one point West End Lane supported two record shops, one owned by Shirley Bassey. [Source: Kilburn and West Hampstead Past, by Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms]