Until the age of 11, John Lydon lived here on Benwell Road where once stood Benwell Mansions that Lydon has described as “a damp, smelly Victorian monstrosity of a building. […] No wonder I became Johnny Rotten — I endured rats, meningitis, evil nuns and sleeping six to a room in Holloway“.
The Emirates Stadium has occupied that spot for the last 16 years. Lydon described the new Arsenal‘s home as having all the allure of Walthamstow Bus Garage!
Address: 6A Benwell Mansion, Benwell Road, N7† (now Emirates Stadium, Hornsey Rd, London N7 7AJ)
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