I have just read about KING'S ROAD in CHELSEA in THE ROUGH GUIDE TO LONDON.For all its history -- King's Road derives its name from its function as a private road used by Charles II -- I would like to walk it solely to find one address.
No. 430 King's Road for several decades has been the site of VIVIENNE WESTWOOD'S fashion outlet -- successively known as Let it Rock, Sex, Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die, Seditionaries or most recently, World's End -- and in 1975-77, in particular, it provided the epicenter of the BRITISH PUNK ROCK EXPLOSION.
It was, after all, the original gathering place for the musicians (more likely non-musicians!) who would form the SEX PISTOLS.
It's just a clothes shop, now.
But it's historic enough -- even for the legendary King's Road.
This would be fun, I haven't been to King's Road in many, many years. Are there some other places we should see, maybe an historic pub or something?
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