10 Hidden Corners in Camden

Camden Town is one of London's most popular tourist spots, famous for its sprawling markets and laid back atmosphere.

There are however plenty of hidden corners and tales around Camden which many people- both Londoners and tourists alike- overlook.

In this video then, I'd like to share 10 such places with you, all of which have intriguing stories to tell...

Chapters

00:00 Intro
01:10 Camden's Giant Egg Cups
04:25 The Lady in the Van
07:57 Palmers Pets
10:09 Samuel Furnace
13:29 Muppets & Gilbey
15:58 Egypt Comes to Camden
18:54 Cruickshank & Sickert
21:04 Camden's WWII Deep Level Shelter
22:32 The Burma Railway Memorial
23:57 Arlington House
26:07 Outro

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Links for this video:

5 Things You Didn't Know About Tottenham Court Road
   • 5 Things You Didn't Know About Totten...  

Camden's Castle Pubs
   • Exploring London's Pubs: Camden's Cas...  

Poppies Fish & Chips
https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/pop...

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Credits

Images:

Title Card image by J.Ligero & I.Barrios:
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Egg beating video: Anastasia Shuraeva (pexels.com)

Thames Start Up: RAX118G YouTube Channel
   • Thames Television Start-up  

Breakfast Television Centre, 2008: Image, Oxyman (Creative Commons)

TV-AM Atrium: Alberto Piovano (dezeen.com)

TV-AM Reception Desk: Richard Bryant (dezeen.com)

Alan Bennett, 1973: Allan Warren (Creative Commons)

Cartoon image of Churchill: AI Generated (MidJourney)

River Kwai image: warfarehistorynetwork.com

Maps: www.openstreetmap.org & The National Library of Scotland

Arlington House, 1905: workhouses.org.uk

Thames Television Footage:
   • Thames Television Start-up  

23 Gloucester Crescent driveway: Jack1956 Creative Commons
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Webley Revolver image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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Sound Effects:

Fire Sound Effect: lgarret (freesound.org)

Boxing Bell: craigsmith (freesound.org)

Snake sound effect: Andy19 (freesound.org)

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Music:

Jane Street (TrackTribe)

John Stockton Slow Drag by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Echoes of Time v2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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The Thought of You (TrackTribe)

Comic Plodding - Silent Film Dark by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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Measured Paces by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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Moving On (Wayne Jones)

Soul and Mind (E’s Jammy Jams)

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