Curious Camden Town
published by Five Leaves
"the rich tapestry of Camden's history revealed" - Ham and High
published by Five Leaves
"the rich tapestry of Camden's history revealed" - Ham and High
Curious Camden Town - 106pp, £9.99 and available from Owl in Kentish Town Road and other local bookshops and on Amazon - looks at twenty-nine places in and around the area, some well-known others quite the opposite, and at the remarkable stories attached to them: the gig at the Roundhouse which made Camden hip ... the local diva who died much too young ... the folk dance revival which took root in a Camden hay market ... the prize fighter who just wouldn't give up ... the spiritualist temple bankrolled by Sherlock Holmes ... the best eels, mash and pie place in the borough ... burlesque at the Black Cap ... the pole dancing school in a Camden Mews.
Take a glance at the map (below) that appears in Curious Camden Town and the accompanying list of contents - we hope it will whet your appetite. And we've also posted an extract from the book Revolution at the Roundhouse - do take a look!
The book is copiously illustrated - freelance news cameraman Brian Kelly has taken several of the stand-out images, and there are more than forty photos, some archive but most specially taken, accompanying the text.
1 Revolution at the Roundhouse
2 Amy Winehouse's Camden 3 Arlington House 4 Tom Sayers - the 'Little Wonder' 5 'Modernism for Suburbia' 6 Burlesque at the Black Cap 7 The Belgian connection 8 The Johnny Cash cash machine 9 Regent's Park Barracks 10 Blair's funeral 11 Vinot Cars 12 Morris On 13 The Cumberland Market Group 14 'Dig for Victory' 15 The cat goddesses 16 Richard Cobden - unknown hero 17 A black revolutionary 18 The Working Men's College 19 The shadow of a shadow 20 A movement that shook the world 21 The final chord 22 St Martin's Almshouses 23 The EOKA priest 24 Lawford's Wharves 25 The Camden Town Murder 26 The eternal optimists 27 Sherlock's temple 28 Ecole de Pole 29 Eels, Pie and Mash |