Aidan McManus is a local historian & guide. He’s been well groomed for the job having grown up in the Ladbroke Grove area (Portobello Road’s ‘Bookie Man’) & doesn’t live too far from us now. Honing his social skills in the US he has returned to London to nurture his roots, indulge in his passion for local history & feed his hunger for pop culture.
A total London lover, Aidan offers walking tours in West London, taking clients around all the notorious sites in Notting Hill, Portobello Road & the surrounding area. Discussing the nuances of a particular moments in history, ‘did Lemmy drink in Finches or the Portobello Star?’, ‘where was Joe Strummer’s first digs in London?’ & ‘was Kelso Cochrane murdered on the corner of Southam Street or where the little garden is on Elkstone Road?’ these are the types of conversation you’d engage with Aidan.
Over the last few years he’s managed to interview quite a few interesting guests on his regular radio Show. Authors, Publishers, Musicians, Artists & Singers among other great trades all get to chat & play their 5 favourite tracks in Aidan’s popular ‘Flipside5’.
We’ve compiled an Archive of all Aidan’s shows, the one’s he’s produced for Portobello Radio & shows he’s produced with other stations. All listed below:
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 72 with Britpop author Daniel Rachel
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 71 with Chelsea FC author/historian Tim Rolls
FlipsideLondon Radio with Robin Jarossi
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 69 with Tommy Kennedy IV – Nightmare In Jamaica.
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 68 with photographer Charlie Phillips
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 67 with gangland author James Morton
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 66 with Zoe Howe
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 65 with Robin Banks
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 64 with Fred Vermorel
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 63 with Alan Blizzard
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 62 with Kris Needs
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 61 with Brian James
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 60 with Pressure’s Herbie Norville
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 59 The West London Edition with Alan Blizzard
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 58, A Version Excursion with Alan Blizzard
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 57 Performance special with Jay Glennie and Sandy Lieberson
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 56 with The Slits Tessa Bassie Pollit
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 55 with Richard “Snakehips Dudanski” Nother of the 101ers
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 54, The Beatles Covers with Alan Blizzard
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 53 with Creation Record’s Alan McGee
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 52. The Jack The Stripper/Freddie Mills special with Cathi Unsworth
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 51with Chris Salewicz
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 50 with author/comedy writerLee Stuart Evans
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 49 with Mark Blake
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 48 with Gaz Mayall
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 47 with Tony Allen
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 46 The Christmas Party with Tom Vague
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 45 with Roger Rogowski
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 44 with “Tin Pan Alley Tales” filmmaker Henry Scott-Irvine
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 43 with John “Boogie” Tiberi
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 42 with Lucinda Tait and Dylan White
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 41 with Class War’s Ian Bone
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 40 with photographer Derek Ridgers
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 39 with author Paul Willetts
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 38 with pirate radio pioneer Michael Williams
FlipsideLondon Radio Ep 37 With Richard Cabut
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 36 with Nick Reynolds of Alabama 3
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 35 with Michael X biographer John L Williams
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 34 with Natalie Lane
FlipsideLondon Episode 33 with Cathi Unsworth
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 32 with Dick O’Dell
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 31 with Ray Roughler Jones
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 30 with Allison Phillips of Taurus Trakker
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 29 with author Garth Cartwright
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 28 with Wilf Walker OBE
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 27 with DJ Tubby
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 26 The Soul Show with Portobello Radio’s David Ayling
FlipsideLondon Radio with the 100 Club’s Jeff Horton
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 25 with Rob Jones and Alan Blizzard of the Electrics
FlipsideLondonRadio Episode 24 with author/film historian David McGillivray
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 23 a PunkyReggae Party with Tom Vague
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 22 with legendary latin DJ Dave Hucker
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 21 with publisher Yahya El-Droubie aka Yak
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 20 with “Getting Carter” author Nick Triplow
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 19 with “Murder in Notting Hill” author Mark Olden
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 18 with Mike Vick and Alan “Cuby” Blizzard
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode17 with James Morton, Gangland author and Mad Frankie Fraser’s brief
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 16 with Jenny Lane and Alan Blizzard of the fabulous Electrics
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 15 with Travis Elborough
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 14 with Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 13 with Keiron Pim author of “Jumpin Jack Flash”
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 12 with Grandfather Flash Alan Blizzard
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 11 with Cathi Unsworth
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 10 the Version Excursion
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 9 with Writer/Publisher John King
FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 8 with Danie Cox
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Hi Aiden, I work for a local Charity that provides activities to Older Adults to improve Mental Health and Physical Well being – Open Age http://www.openage.org.uk
We are based at St Charles usually but have had to move our offer to an online offer and to phone groups. I am currently running a weekly Phone group for a group that used to meet physically, we have invited many different speakers over the years on a wide range of topics and the group are always interested in local history, most have lived in North Kensington for many years. I was hoping you might be able to join us one week on our phone group and give a local history talk/conversation? Hope to hear from you, Many thanks Emma Cohen, Link Up and Outreach Coordinator
Hi Aiden, I work for a local Charity that provides activities to Older Adults to improve Mental Health and Physical Well being – Open Age http://www.openage.org.uk
We are based at St Charles usually but have had to move our offer to an online offer and to phone groups. I am currently running a weekly Phone group for a group that used to meet physically, we have invited many different speakers over the years on a wide range of topics and the group are always interested in local history, most have lived in North Kensington for many years. I was hoping you might be able to join us one week on our phone group and give a local history talk/conversation? Hope to hear from you, Many thanks Emma Cohen, Link Up and Outreach Coordinator