Oliver Sacks and Links to Brent

It may not be widely known that the noted neurologist grew up in Brent.  His home was the now non-residential 37 Mapesbury Road.  In his works he makes occasional references to Brent.  His father was a member of a sailing club on the Welsh Harp.  He enjoyed frequenting Willesden Library, which would have been the original 1894 building. He worshipped at the now defunct Cricklewood Synagogue in Walm Lane.

I hope some day he gets a blue plaque recognising his links to the area