Thursday, 31 March 2011

Local History Update - The Burnt Oak Hamster invasion of 1982

A recent article in the Daily Express, which featured an interview with Rolf Harris, mentioned the famous Hamster invasion of Burnt Oak. The story made national news with ITN covering the story. Sightseers came from far and wide. Some of them with ill intent. One came armed with an airgun and accidentally shot Burnt Oak Labour Councillor Jim Brophy (which made me reflect on the possibility of letting a few Hamsters loose in Totteridge). Enjoy


http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1982/08/26/AS260882001/

If you look rather carefully, you can see Rog T go past in the background.

2 comments:

  1. Moaneybat31 March 2011 at 19:55

    Our Town Hall is full of them!

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  2. Unknown12 June 2013 at 19:07

    I remember that. The TV six o'clock show filmed us over the allotments in Burnt Oak hunting for hamsters. I had a cartoon published in the local paper depicting Brophy in the pub drinking with hamsters coming after him. any one remember?

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