Andrew Holgatee and his family bought house at number 59 Lyndhurst Grove, in London. On their first morning in their house they were very surprised. They looked out of the window and saw some people taking photographs of their front door. Every week more people came and took photographs. Andrew and his family couldn’t understand it. They solved then the problem.
The British pop grup Pulp have a song on their album PulpIntro called 59 Lyndhurst Grove (written of the singer, Jarvis Cocker). The people who came to see their house were Pulp fans. But why did Pulp sing about 59 Lyndhurst Grove. This is the story. One night Jarvis Cocker came to a party at the house. He argues with the owner, an architect, and the owner threw him out of the house. Jarvis went home and wrote an angry song about the house, the party, and the house proprieteer.
There are other pop songs about streets. For example, the Beatles wrote a song about Penny Lane in Liverpool. But what is unusual is that Jarvis Cocker’s song gives the number of the house. Fortunately, Andrew and his family are quite happiest that their house is famous.