Eel Pie Island
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| Waters | Thames | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 26 '42 " N , 0 ° 19' 28" W | |
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| length | 570 m | |
| width | 120 m | |
| surface | 4.5 ha | |
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Eel Pie Iceland ( Aalpasteten Island ) is an island in the Thames . It is located in Twickenham Riverside , a district of London that is part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames . The island can only be reached via a footbridge or by boat. In the 1960s she became famous for jazz , R&B and rock concerts.
The island used to be called "Twickenham Ait" ( Twickenham- Werder ), before that "The Parish Ait" ( municipality of Werder ). Before that time, the island consisted of three separate Werdern. A bridge to the island was proposed as early as 1889, but it was not realized until 1957. Today there are about 50 buildings with 120 residents, some shipyards, smaller businesses and art studios on the island. There are nature reserves at both ends of the island, but they are closed to the public.
The island is privately owned, only the main path is accessible to the public across the bridge. On several weekends of the year, usually in June and December, the "Eel Pie Island Art Studios" hold open days, known as "Artists' Open Studios".
The "Eel Pie Studios", previously "Oceanic Studios", in the "Boathouse" in Twickenham, not far from Eel Pie Island on the banks of the Thames, belonged to Pete Townshend until 2008 . Townshend's Eel Pie Publishing is also named after Eel Pie Island.
Eel Pie Island is home to the Twickenham Rowing Club, one of the oldest rowing clubs on the Thames, and the Richmond Yacht Club.
Eel Pie Island Hotel
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The Eel Pie Island Hotel , a 19th century building, hosted dance events in the 1920s and 1930s. From 1956 Brian Rutland, trumpeter and leader of "The Grove Jazz Band", ran a jazz club in the reopened hotel . Arthur Chisnall later took over the club where rhythm and blues and rock replaced jazz in the 1960s .
The musicians and bands who performed at the Eel Pie Island Hotel until 1967 include Long John Baldry's Hoochie Coochie Men (with Rod Stewart ), Acker Bilk , Ken Colyer , Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars, The Downliners Sect , John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (with Eric Clapton ), George Melly , The Rolling Stones , The Tridents (with Jeff Beck ), The Who and The Yardbirds .
In 1967 the club was forced to close because the repairs required by the authorities were too expensive. In 1969 it was operated again for a short time as Colonel Barefoot's Rock Garden . It appeared among others Black Sabbath , The Edgar Broughton Band , Stray , Genesis and Hawkwind (as "Hawkwind Zoo").
After this interlude, the Eel Pie Island Hotel was occupied by an anarchist group in 1969 , which included illustrator Clifford Harper . By 1970 it had become the largest hippie commune in the UK.
In 1971 the Eel Pie Island Hotel burned down. Another fire devastated the center of the island in 1996. The following year the pedestrian bridge was damaged. A new pedestrian bridge was opened in August 1998.
See also
Web links
- The Twickenham Museum (English)
- EELPILAND - The Birth of Rhythm and Blues: Celebrating the fantastic music here days of Eel Pie Iceland in Twickenham (English)
- Eel Pie Island Hotel & Dancehall / L'Auberge (English)
- Eel Pie Island Artists (English)
- Here Satellite Image Tiles
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Joe Meek: Eel Pie's place in rock history . BBC , January 30, 2007 (English)
- ↑ a b Joanna Kilvington: Blaze hits Eel Pie Island . Your Local Guardian, September 14, 2009 (English)
- ↑ R & B Legends at Eel Pie Island: The birth of British Rhythm and Blues (English)
- ↑ Jazz Greats at Eel Pie Island: Trend foröing groups (English)