Acacia Avenue

Acacia Avenue

Acacia Avenue is a cliché within British culture—a metaphor for an average middle-class suburban street.

There are at least sixty Acacia Avenues in Great Britain, nine of them within Greater London.

Cultural references

*Iron Maiden recorded a song entitled "22 Acacia Avenue" on their third album "The Number of the Beast". The closest Acacia Avenue to their native East London is in Hornchurch.
*Dark Tranquillity also performed a death metal version of "22 Acacia Avenue", on the Iron Maiden tribute album "Tribute to the Beast"
*Henry Cass directed a 1945 film entitled "29 Acacia Avenue".
*Bananaman lived at 29 Acacia Road.
*Acacia Avenue is the name of a music group of Sheffield based garage punksters.
*On the game Guitar Hero 3, the first tier (The Backyard Bash) is at the address of 22 Arcadia Avenue, a reference to the Iron Maiden song.
*On the game Rock Band, one of the venues in London is located at 22 Acacia Lane, another reference to the Iron Maiden song.
*On the Cover on the somewhere in time album, Eddy is standing on 22 Acacia Avenue. Charlotte the Harlot is in one of the windows.(The song is about Charlette the Harlot)

External links

* [http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/acacia_avenue_727.html Acacia Avenue] - London Town
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037489 Acacia Avenue (1945)] - Acacia Avenue directed by Henry Cass
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5199520.stm "The street where you live"] - BBC News


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