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Eel Pie Island
Eel Pie Island is located in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Eel Pie Island
Eel Pie Island
Eel Pie Island is located in Greater London
Eel Pie Island
Eel Pie Island
Location within Greater London
OS grid referenceTQ164731
Region
  • London
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTWICKENHAM
Postcode districtTW1
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
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AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
  • Twickenham
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51°26′43″N 0°19′29″W / 51.4452°N 0.3246°W / 51.4452; -0.3246

Eel Pie Island is an 8.9-acre (3.6 ha) island in the River Thames at Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is on the maintained minimum head of water above the only lock on the Tideway and is accessible by boat or from the left (generally north) bank by footbridge. The island had a club that was a major venue for jazz and blues in the 1960s.

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Trevor Baylis

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many years, Baylis lived on Eel Pie Island on the river Thames. He regularly attended jazz performances at the Eel Pie Island Hotel. He was a pipe-smoker...

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Crawdaddy Club

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April they had two gigs a week at the Crawdaddy and a weekly slot at Eel Pie Island, 2 miles (3.2 km) away in Twickenham. The Beatles came to see them on...

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town is bordered on the south-eastern side by the River Thames and Eel Pie Island – which is connected to the Twickenham embankment by a narrow footbridge...

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Clifford Harper

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1967. After living in a commune in Cumberland, he started a commune on Eel Pie Island in the River Thames near Richmond, Surrey, in 1969. In 1971, he took...

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to be consulting engineer to the new enterprise. Works premises at Eel Pie Island on the Thames where the Thames Electric and Steam Launch Company, owned...

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17:00 Eel Pie Island Museaum - 1967 Roll-call, 1967, 14 May 1967 – The Foundations (£10) TW Magazines, October 1, 2022 - The Musical View From Eel Pie Island...

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Long John Baldry

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had been to a Baldry gig at Eel Pie Island. Long John Baldry became a regular fixture on Sunday nights at Eel Pie Island from then onwards, fronting a...

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Twickenham Rowing Club

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Rowing Club the third oldest rowing club on the Thames. The club is on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, south-west London. Its boat code is TWK. The club colours...

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Municipal Borough of Twickenham

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with an eel in its beak. This represented the River Thames, a long boundary of the town for three miles (5 km). The eel was for Eel Pie Island. The municipal...

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Mick Jagger

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it down..." In June 1963, the band began a five-month residency at Eel Pie Island Hotel, which the BBC later credited with shaping the band's career....

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Rod Stewart

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railway station after having seen Long John Baldry and the All Stars at Eel Pie Island, Baldry heard him playing "Smokestack Lightnin'" on his harmonica, and...

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Dave Brock

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initial intentions of it becoming a career, attending clubs such as Eel Pie Island, playing New Orleans trad jazz and blues, and busking with friends such...

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