camden...home of 2 tone records, where the clash recorded london calling and where ac/dc's bon scott drank himself to death among many other things (including being the home of dicken's bob crachit family in 'a christmas carol'  :laugh:) -- camden town is a popular and fun craphole of a neighborhood on london's northside.

 

the thread goes over the locks, shops/markets, peoples.

 

wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Town

their own website:

http://www.camdentown.co.uk/

map:

http://www.camdentown.co.uk/sperimap.htm

 

the old camden tube station

 

first up are the old locks (1820), of which wiki sez: The Regent's Canal runs through the north end of Camden Town; its 8.5 mile towpath, which passes through London Zoo, is a pleasant and popular walk in summer [1]. Boat trips along the canal, from Camden Lock, are also interesting. Many of the handrails by the bridges show deep marks worn by the towropes by which horses pulled canal barges until the 1950s, and there are still underwater ramps to assist horses which have bolted due to the overrunning railway bridges and fallen in. One of the many canal bridges, Macclesfield bridge, is known as "Blow-up bridge": it was the site of London's largest pre-war explosion, where a barge laden with gunpowder blew up in 1874. Camden Lock is a traditional manually-operated double canal lock operating between widely separated levels. A large complex of weekend street markets has mushroomed there since the 1970s. more info here:

http://www.camdenlock.net/camdenlock/history/history.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the ice wharf --- it was a nice hangout for a beer in the sun

 

it's a lock!

 

 

finally, a historic plaque in a market showing old lock business

 

switching up to the shops and markets around camden high street

it's basically cleveland's coventry at its prime or ny's st. marks in it's prime....except on steroids  :-o

 

 

 

no, not punky, but its my fav pic  :wink2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i wish ohio shops would do stuff like this to their buildings

 

 

 

 

 

 

last up are some camdenite peeps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

well.....that's camden town. they are still putting the 'unk' in the 'punk'  :clap:

 

***more london nabes coming***

Thanks!

yuck....lol

fascinating stuff, mrnyc