Nestling at the foot of Pancras Square, between King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, sits a brick building proclaiming itself to be the German Gymnasium. Despite its name, the activities
In October this year I received an email from the Camden Guides Association about a voluntary Oral History Project, interviewing Railway Workers of Kings Cross. Full training would be given.
A momentous new road In the 1750s a group of worthies in Georgian London were concerned about traffic congestion in the metropolis, and pressed for a bypass to be built
St Pancras station never ceases to amaze and inspire me, even in the doldrum 1970 years, and today it has risen, phoenix from the ashes, into a beauty of a
Bringing the Pied Piper of Hamelin fable to the local doorstep and 13th century best practice in a public health crisis ‘From street to street he piped advancing’ Robert Browning’s
The recent blogs on the Camden Guides website have been about squares, often the favourite of the author of the blog. Well, I am being greedy as I am talking
Located in the heart of Camden, just next to St Pancras Station and the British Library, sits the UK’s foremost medical research institute. Opened by the Queen in 2016, this
A building that many people walk past without noticing it – yet arguably the most important building in the Kings Cross area.. See this 5:45 video at Camden Guides’ Youtube
Camden Tour Guide Christine Wilkins-Molloy talks to Bonny Astor about the history of St Pancras Old Church Gardens – a secret garden of tranquillity in the middle of King’s Cross’s
Hanging high under a famous roof, the huge white dial and gold hands of the St Pancras station clock does its job telling travellers the time. But did you know
Looking at this imposing Grade II listed church in the east London suburb of Wanstead it would be hard to imagine its very unusual history. Now well-connected by the Central