
Camden Guides Newsletter of Walks and Events – September 2023
Welcome to the first newsletter of walks and events from Camden Guides. Our aim is for a newsletter on the first Saturday of each month,
Welcome to the first newsletter of walks and events from Camden Guides. Our aim is for a newsletter on the first Saturday of each month,
According to Tasha Marks, the food historian, It was Voltaire,(1694-1778 ), the French philosopher of the Enlightenment, who said that “Ice cream is exquisite, what
The Roundhouse. Image Paula Pickin January 2019 Camden Town is probably most famous for its music heritage and entertainment venues, something it still embraces today.
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.
Queen’s Crescent, Kentish Town, was laid out in 1862. It is named after Queen Victoria and was on the route in her carriage to take
Camden is home to some fantastic pubs, ranging from the historic hostelries of Hampstead through to the grungy Rock ‘n Roll boozers of Camden Town.
Mechanised bread Did you know that Camden Town for many years was the centre for baking bread (and cakes!) This was due to the Aerated
This summer 103 remarkable and beautiful fibreglass globes have appeared in many sites across Britain. They can be found in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool
Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta OBE (21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) is the author of 15 adult novels, four children’s books and 2 plays. She was
Camden Town represented a crucial turning point for the great French poets Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) and Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Their time at 8 Great (now
Background Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) is now most famous for his novels, but he was also a very influential character in his time. He also
In the beginning This blog post is about entertainment in the part of Holborn known as Ely Place and Hatton Garden, an area of land