Showing posts with label Hamster Invasion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hamster Invasion. Show all posts

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.