Author: Paula Pickin

Camden Town
Paula Pickin

Marie Lloyd – Queen of the Music Hall

A star is born Marie Lloyd was born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood on 12 February 1870 at 36 Plumber Street (now Provost Street) in Hoxton, east London. Approximately fifteen years

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Arts
Paula Pickin

Hogarth and the Foundling Museum

The Borough of Camden is home to many museums and galleries, the most well known probably being the British Museum located in Bloomsbury. But Camden is also home to many

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Camden Town
Paula Pickin

Horsepower

                                       Up until the 20th century Camden, London and in fact the

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Transport
Paula Pickin

The London Cab Trade: Part 2

I hope you enjoyed the first part of the blog which covered the background of the Taxi trade in London. In this second part we are going to look at

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Transport
Paula Pickin

The London Cab Trade

As we are focusing on transport within the borough of Camden we must include the world famous Iconic London taxi trade, although the taxi trade is not limited to Camden

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