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20 unusual facts about Camden Town


An Electric Storm

At this point the group set up the Kaleidophon Studio in a flat in Camden Town, London, and spent a year creating the next four tracks.

British Boot Company

The British Boot Company (formerly known as Holts) is a shoe shop in Camden Town in London famous for being the first retailer in the world to sell Dr. Martens footwear in 1958.

Danny McNamara

The first was at Get Loaded in the Park festival in Cardiff, and then on a weekly basis, as part of "Another Music = Another Kitchen" (named after a song by the Buzzcocks), at the Proud Gallery nightclub in Camden, London.

Dingwalls

The original owner of the building, T.E. Dingwall, had his name painted on to the outside wall of the building, which was a common practice by businesses in Camden Town during the late Victorian era.

Ebony Alleyne

The album Never Look Back was finally released in June 2007 and launched at a release party at the Jazz Café in Camden Town.

Garman sisters

Along with her sister Kathleen she ran away to London where they lived in a one room studio at 13 Regent Square in Camden on the outskirts of Bloomsbury.

Joe's Pop Shop

Following the arrest of his father Rodney, Joe takes over his father's ailing Camden Town based record shop.

Lidlington

Hence some London place names e.g. Bedford Square, Russell Square, Eversholt Street, Woburn Place and in Camden, NW1, Lidlington Place can be found near Mornington Crescent underground station.

Malasaña

Centred around Plaza del Dos de Mayo, it is reminiscent of Camden Town in London, the East Village in New York City, Baixa do Porto in Oporto, however despite its similarities, Malasaña is a distinct neighbourhood.

Marquess Camden

Camden Town in London is named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, and the elephant from the arms of Marquess Camden is therefor present in the crest in the coat of arms of the London Borough of Camden.

Orange Goblin

On December 16, 2005 the band celebrated its tenth anniversary with a concert at the Underworld club in Camden also featuring Scissorfight and Blood Island Raiders.

Philip Dowling

Philip Dowling (born Phillip Mitchell Dowling, 8 April 1988 in Camden, London) is an English actor.

Silla Carron

Silla Carron, 62, is a British community activist from Camden Town, London, UK.

St Michael Queenhithe

The proceeds of the sale of St. Michael Queenhithe were used to build St Michael's Church, Camden Town.

St Paul's Church, Camden Square

It and its parish are part of the St Pancras team of parishes, which also includes St Pancras Old Church, St Michael's Church, Camden Town, and St Mary's Church, Somers Town.

The Angry Young Them

"You Just Can't Win" was a Dylan inspired song about a gold digger, set in specific places in London such as Camden Town.

The Primitives

The Primitives supported The Wedding Present at Koko in Camden, London on 13 December 2010 as part of that band's Bizarro album 21st anniversary tour.

VH1 Europe

Though produced in Warsaw (Poland), VH1 Europe broadcasts from MTV Networks Europe's premises in Camden Town (London, UK) to the whole continent of Europe, covering also the Middle East, South Africa and parts of Northern Africa.

Vicky Aspinall

She was recruited to The Raincoats after she noticed an advertisement which read "female musician wanted: no style but strength" in a radical bookshop in Camden Town.

Wolf at the Door

The song was composed circa July 2000 and first played at the Monarch pub in Camden, London.


Dombey and Son

One theme is the destruction and degradation, of both people and places, caused by industrialisation, illustrated in particular by the building of the new railway through Camden Town (assumed to represent the London and Birmingham Railway constructed between 1833 and 1837).

London Buses route 31

On 15 May 1916, the 31 was extended to run daily from Swiss Cottage to Tulse Hill (Tulse Hill Tavern) via Adelaide Road, Camden Town, Eversholt Street, Russell Square, Southampton Row, Kingsway, Aldwych, Waterloo Bridge, Elephant & Castle, Camberwell Green, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill, replacing route 68, which was withdrawn on the same day.

London Tramlink

Cross River Tram is a proposed new system in Central London from King's Cross and Camden to Peckham and Brixton; however, this project is currently on hold for lack of funding.

The Amazing Mr Blunden

The film is set in 1918, in which a war widow Mrs. Allen (Dorothy Alison) and her three children, Lucy (Lynne Frederick), Jamie (Garry Miller) and baby Benjamin are reduced to living in a tiny, squalid, Camden Town flat.