Portobello Road

The Portobello Gold Bar at 95-7 Portobello Road, formerly the Princess Alexandra Pub, was once a hangout for Motorhead’s Lemmy, Hawkwind, the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. edit

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Motorhead all lived at the bottom. Lemmy drank with the England hells angels at the top. Youth from Killing Joke was always around. At the top of the road, you got all the punks and as you went down towards the market you got all the rockers and hippies and under the arch and further on you got all the reggae crowd. It was the most amazing place - never any trouble, just everyone hanging out together. Summers were amazing.
30 December 2004 12.00am

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