please empty your brain below

(I hope I haven't missed one)
A further piece of trivia for Friday Hill, E4 - the Dovecote pub was for many years known by the jokey name of "The Sir Loin" - dunno why, but it seemed to amuse people.

dg writes: apocryphal beef-related legend
The actor in the 60's TV series died last month.
Interesting, not quite what you're looking for, but there is a Fryday Grove Mews in SW1 which leads to a couple of properties, older maps show it un-named and leading to rectangles in a yard.
EC4. Some old maps show Friday Street as having been, at one time, the southernmost hundred yards of the A1.

Mitcham - despite the name, Tooting station is in Mitcham. The boundary (also the boundary between the old County of London and Surrey, and still the boundary between the boroughs of Wandsworth and Merton) is just up the road at Amen Corner.
A wonderful, quintessential DG ramble! And that street certainly looks more Mitcham than Tooting.
Will there be reference to obscure Blazin' Squad offshoot? Of course there is, dg never disappoints!
Little Friday Road's become a street in heading 5).

dg writes: fixed thanks.
Lovely little detail on the Crusoe connection right on my doorstep in SW London. It reminds me of living near South Wimbledon station for a few years and never really clicking how so many streets are Lord Nelson-related (Hardy, Lady Hamilton, etc) because his residence was once nearby...

Sidenote: your "Friday Road" links to Streetmap are swapped over on entries 6 and 7.

dg writes: switched thanks.
At various points of history the Catholic church encouraged fasting/fish eating on other days of the week, not just Friday (although Friday is the most consistently observed).

Wednesday was often a fast day, Saturday also occasionally practiced.

And observance is/was not exclusive to Catholicism; English churches post break from Rome also kept the observances (allegedly with extra Fish days to ensure a good base of experienced mariners for occasional naval service)
Two flies where had a chat while on Robinson Crusoe’s knee.

Then one says to the other, “I'm off now. See you on Friday.”
Two flies where having a chat while standing on Robinson Crusoe’s shoulder.

Then one says to the other, “I'm off now. See you on Friday.”
Absolutely astonishing is the stuff you uncover!!Delightful post!
Thanks for the detail on Friday Hill House. I've often driven along Simmons Lane and wondered about the origin of the building. It looks very out of place in the area which is dominated by typical (ex-) council house stock.
Tooting Broadway had/has two more references to Defore. There remains most of Selkirk Road and part of Garratt Lane was previously Defore Road.
Off your patch, but there is a very minor village in the Surrey Hills named Friday Street. And in Swindon there is a street called Thursday Street at one end and Friday street at the other.
Friday Hill House was there long before the houses were built all around. It was used for a range of evening classes, functions etc. The Chingford & District Model Engineers also met there. Their tracks for rides operate in Ridgeway Park in the Summer.

And a note for Scientist: I have a vague memory that elegant painted walls were discovered under the wallpaper in the ?Drawing Room?. I think Vestry House Museum became involved in saving them, and so had them covered up again.

I used to go to pottery classes at Friday Hill, down in the basement, in the original kitchens/scullery!
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"Fish on a Friday" is still a thing, and not necessarily Catholic or Anglo-Catholic. I had it at my school many years ago, and at several different work canteens over the years. Still a thing in my house too, and more widely, judging by the queues at the local chippy. Bon appetit!
As shown on the map extract for Friday Road, Erith, the eastern part of Erith Road (the actual hilly section of the road) is known locally, but not officially, as Friday Hill. Unfortunately I cannot find out the reason for this.
More Tooting/Defoe: there's the house on Trevelyn Road with busts of Crusoe and Friday on it. It's named Norfolk House.

dg writes: I went there, and do they look convincing but the Defoe link is unproven.

There's also Defoe Chapel. Which is now a Superdrug.

And in Kings Lynn there's a a church with a grave of a Robinson Crusoe.
I suppose Poets Road (Push Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday) counts as well. 😀










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