I've just come back from the local library where I browsed through a book about the history of the local pubs/inns. According to it, my nearest local (The Red Lion, Barnehurst) is famed as the birthplace of the English Jazz Revival in the 1940's and George Melly unveiled a plaque there in 1985.

Now, I'm no jazz fan but I've lived a few hundred yards from this place for about 7 years and wasn't aware of such a thing.

So, two questions. To what extent is it true? I'm sure there are other places that would make the same claim. Secondly, what surprising musical history is within shouting distance of where you live?