Postcards of the Past
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.
Old Postcard, London, Gray's Inn Road, Holborn Town Hall
Gray's Inn Road and Holborn Town Hall in the early 1900s.
British Museum, London
The British Museum.
Bedford Hotel, Southampton Row
A 1923 postcard of the Bedford Hotel on Southampton Row.
Aerial View, Russell Hotel
A great aerial view of the Russell and Imperial Hotels.
London, Charlotte Street
An interesting card from the 1910s which shows a German Bookshop in Charlotte
Street,  just south of the Euston Road.
London, Southampton Row
An undated postcard of Southampton Row.
Russell Square
Russell Square and the Russell Hotel in the early 1900s.
Russell Square, Old Postcard
Russell Square in the 1930s.
Bangor Hotel, Bedford Place, London
A 1930s postcard of the Bangor Hotel in Bedford Place.
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the internet.
Golders Hill Park, Hampstead
Golders Hill Park, Hampstead - a card mailed in 1926.
Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead
Hampstead, Fitzjohns Avenue - an undated postcard.
Hampstead from Parliament Fields - a postcard mailed in 1911.
Hampstead, Jack Straws Castle
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.
Hampstead Heath
This postcard of cottages on Hampstead Heath dates from 1906.
London, Lincolns Inn
Lincoln's Inn.
St Lukes, Oseney Crescent
An excellent postcard of St Luke's Church in Oseney Crescnt, Camden.
Hampstead Heath, Stalls
"The Stalls, Hampstead Heath. Food and drinks to suit every taste for one penny."
Hampstead Heath, London, Bull and Bush
The "Bull and Bush" on Hampstead Heath.
Church Row, Hampstead
Church Row, Hampstead.
Golders Hill, 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 Cemetary.
Hampstead, Parliament Fields
Did You Know......that the actor and author Dirk
Bogarde was born in West Hampstead in 1921 ?
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 ?
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London, Hampstead, Church Row
Church Row, Hampstead.
Hampstead, Upper Heath
Hampstead, the Upper Heath.
Leg of Mutton Pond, on Hampstead Heath, in 1905.
Church Row, Hampstead
Church Row, Hampstead, again !