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| London Borough of Camden |
| The London Borough of Camden is situated to the north of the City of London, reaching from Holborn and Bloomsbury in the south to Hampstead Heath in the north. The following areas are in the Borough: Agar Town; Belsize Park; Bloomsbury; Brondesbury; Camden Town; Chalk Farm; Covent Garden (part); Cricklewood (part); Dartmouth Park; Fitzrovia; Fortune Green; Frognal; Gospel Oak; Hampstead; Highgate; Holborn (part); Kentish Town; Kilburn; King's Cross; Primrose Hill; Regent's Park (part); Saffron Hill; St Pancras; Somers Town; South Hampstead; Swiss Cottage; Tufnell Park; West Hampstead. Also part of London's West End is in the borough. |
| Gray's Inn Road and Holborn Town Hall in the early 1900s. |
| The British Museum. |
| A 1923 postcard of the Bedford Hotel on Southampton Row. |
| A great aerial view of the Russell and Imperial Hotels. |
| An interesting card from the 1910s which shows a German Bookshop in Charlotte Street, just south of the Euston Road. |
| An undated postcard of Southampton Row. |
| Russell Square and the Russell Hotel in the early 1900s. |
| Russell Square in the 1930s. |
| A 1930s postcard of the Bangor Hotel in Bedford Place. |
| Golders Hill Park, Hampstead - a card mailed in 1926. |
| Hampstead, Fitzjohns Avenue - an undated postcard. |
| Hampstead from Parliament Fields - a postcard mailed in 1911. |
| Hampstead - Jack Straw's Castle. In spite of the information provided in this link, I believe that this old pub has been converted to flats. |
| This postcard of cottages on Hampstead Heath dates from 1906. |
| Lincoln's Inn. |
| An excellent postcard of St Luke's Church in Oseney Crescnt, Camden. |
| "The Stalls, Hampstead Heath. Food and drinks to suit every taste for one penny." |
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| The "Bull and Bush" on Hampstead Heath. |
| Church Row, Hampstead. |
| Golders Hill, Hampstead. |
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| The Bandstand in Waterlow Park. |
| Did You Know......that Oliver Heaviside, the English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist after whom the Heaviside Layer was named, was born in Camden Town in 1850 ? In later life Heaviside lived in South Devon. He died in Torquay and is buried in Paignton Cemetery. |
| And Did You Know......that the poet, writer and broadcaster John Betjeman was born in Hampstead in 1906 ? |
| And Did You Also Know......that Stephen Fry, the British actor, writer, comedian, author, television presenter and film director, was born in Hampstead in 1957 ? |
| Church Row, Hampstead. |
| Hampstead, the Upper Heath. |
| Leg of Mutton Pond, on Hampstead Heath, in 1905. |
| Church Row, Hampstead, again ! |
| And Did You Know......that Peter Ustinov, British actor, writer and dramatist, was born in Swiss Cottage in 1921 ? |
| St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill. |
| Russell Square. |
| The National Hospital for the paralysed and epilectic, Queen Square, Bloomsbury. |
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| Postcards of the Past |
| Reproductions of postcards with a (Z) following the description are available to buy from Zazzle - just click on the (Z) ! Similarly, GC = Greetings Card, P = Print, ST = US Postage Stamp, M = Mousepad, K = Key Ring, FM = Fridge Magnet, SM = Souvenir Mug, X = Xmas Card. |
| White Stone Pond on Hampstead Heath. |
| The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Heath. |
| Mount Vernon Hospital - now luxury flats. |
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| May we recommend the following Zazzle shops, all of which have an interesting selection of gifts ! |
| Gatehouse Tavern, Highgate. |
| Highgate Station. |