tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998777999874455363.post2387870705395520182..comments2023-10-24T11:35:35.401+01:00Comments on Ed Fordham: Kilburn - the closer you live, the better it gets...Ed Fordhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778969774423680910noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998777999874455363.post-53545559353404471522008-01-24T21:37:00.000+00:002008-01-24T21:37:00.000+00:00As a resident of Kilburn, (well, alright, Brondesb...As a resident of Kilburn, (well, alright, Brondesbury) I am delighted with the coverage you give it in your blog. Keep it up.<BR/><BR/>One point. This has been annoying me for some time now. You mentioned the Sir Colin Campbell pub. Not many people remember who Sir Colin was. Atthe time he was the most popular general in Queen Victoria's army. he was a working class Glaswegian who made his way up through the ranks to become a general. An almost unheard of feat in those days. Because he was basically a working class lad he was very popular among the ordinary soldiers. He was the General who commanded the Scots greys in the famous "Thin red Line" at Balaclava in the Crimea. An all round hero.<BR/> So why is the fantastic portrait of him missing? This pub sign hung outside the Colin Campbell for many years but has been taken down by the present landlady.<BR/>I'm of an Irish background but I also have an ancestor who actually sounded the Charge of the Light Brigade. His bugle was in our family for generations.<BR/> I suspect that because most of the regulars in the pub are Irish the sign was taken down because the landlady plain just didn't like the idea of a portrait of a British army officer hanging outside her pub. I could be wrong, of course, and apologies if I am.<BR/> I want to see that portrait of Sir Colin put back in it's rightful place. Any chance of you making a few enquiries?<BR/>DesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com