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It is said that it was at Archway that Dick Whittington heard the Bow Bells ringing and returned back to London. Rod Stewart was born in Archway and grew up here. It is also home to fixed-gear enthusiast Christopher Nelson, AKA Big Mummy Smeear.
Other noted residents include Arabella Weir, Alan Plater, Eric Gordy and, formerly, the sculptor Rachel Whiteread, whose most famous work 'Ghost' - now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC - consists of a plaster cast of a room in the house at 486 Archway Road.
Members of The Jesus and Mary Chain also lived in Archway, as did The Boo Radleys whose cult song Blue Room in Archway namechecks the area.[/quote]
oh, i missed out :(