![]() It’s not on the Piccadilly Line like Southgate, and it’s not really, really fancy like Muswell Hill. The Stath Lets Flats creator is giving me a tour of his childhood home, which isn’t a place which tends to pop up on influencers’ top picks in the capital. It’s a dazzlingly bright early February morning in this unremarkable wedge of North London between Finchley and New Southgate where Demetriou grew up. I was like, ‘Again, this doesn't feel like concise, communal help.’”īreath rising in front of his face, he digs his chin into his jacket. “And I remember being on the floor, and the security guy came over and was like, ‘Mate, I saw the whole thing. “Someone stopped, leaned out the window and went, ‘Oi! If you don't stop in the next five minutes, I'm gonna call the police.’ I was like, ‘ Five minutes?!’”įortunately the gang pegged it and Demetriou stumbled into the Co-Op, knocking over a magazine stand. “They threaded my arms through some railings and then all took turns to punch me in the face for a while.” He was pretty badly beaten up, but help arrived. ![]() When he was 15, six boys jumped him outside the shop front, hoisted him in the air – “like it was my wedding or something” – and took him across the road. ![]() Jamie Demetriou has just remembered why he has strong feelings about the Friern Barnet Co-Op. ![]()
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