Alfred Hitchcock was born at 517 High Road, Leytonstone, in the east of London on 13th August 1899. To mark 100 years since this event, and to commemorate the director's link with the area, 17 mosaics have been installed in the entrance corridors of Leytonstone tube station. They were made in vitreous glass tesserae, using the reverse method, by Greenwich Mural Workshop (more pictures on their site). The work required some 80,000 tiles, took seven months to complete, and the final installation took place during April 2001. Amongst the scenes from films, there are also images of Leytonstone, portraits of Hitchcock and even trademark cameo roles. Leytonstone is on the Central underground line, five stops east of Liverpool Street. For everything you ever need to know about the man, go to "Alfred Hitchcock - The master of suspense"
Text with acknowledgements to
an article by Lubna Ul-Hasan in "Grout", the newsletter
of the British Association for Modern Mosaics, February 2002.
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 North by Northwest |
 To Catch a Thief |
 Suspicion |
 Vertigo |
 The Wrong Man |
 Strangers on a Train |
 The Birds |
 Rebecca |
 Psycho |
 Janet Leigh in Psycho |
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