These pictures were chosen by local people. Left side: Pleasure Garden, Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, Saboteur - with the Elms, The Birds, To Catch a Thief.Īt the entrance: Rebecca - with St John’s Church, The Wrong Man, Rear Window – with the Green Man, Hitchcock with Dietrich. Right side: Young Alfred by his father's shop, Number 17, Hitchcock the director, Suspicion, Psycho, The Skin Game, North by Northwest. This gallery celebrates the life and work of the great film-maker Alfred Hitchcock, born in Leytonstone on 13th August 1899. The Hitchcock Gallery, opened May 3rd 2001. There are two information boards, slightly different - due to the 'left/right' specification - and on one of them Number 17 has been omitted. Strange coincidence - 17 mosaics, one of them for a film titled Number 17. Instead of a photo of the outside of the station we’ve decided to include this photo of two salvaged vintage advertisements, also on the tunnel wall. Worth a visit.ĥ artists are named and it seems unlikely that they all worked on all the murals but we can find no further information. We particularly like Psycho and To Catch a Thief. They are not just copies of well-known stills or scenes from the movies, but are new designs which capture the star or the feel of the film very well. We like some more than others, as one would expect, but they are exemplars of what good mosaic murals can be. They were installed to commemorate the centenary of Alfred Hitchcock’s birth. These 17 mosaic murals deck the entrance and tunnel to Leytonstone tube station, between the bus station and Church Lane, all being street side of the ticket barrier.
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