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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
20th October 1968 Comedian Bud Flanagan died in Kingston, London, aged 72.
20th October 1953 Actor Sir John Gielgud was arrested for cruising in a public lavatory.
20th October 1904 Born today: Anna Neagle, London Engld, actress (London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell)
20th October 1862 Murderer Catherine Wilson hanged at Newgate Gaol, the last woman hanged in public in Britain.
20th October 1822 1st edition of London Sunday Times
20th October 1714 The Coronation of George I in Westminster Abbey.
Well Read in the North
A bustling literary extravaganza in the heart of Camden
Location: 218 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BD
Description: Camden Town is the cultural centre of the London Borough of Camden. It is famous for its crowded markets, liberal attitude and associations with popular culture. Since the 1960s when the Roundhouse was a centre of alternative culture, and later associations with punk and Goth subcultures. Camden Town is also referred to as Camden.
And it of course has a library, Camden Town Library is a bustling-medium sized branch library in the heart of Camden.
Well worth a visit when you have some time to kill - with all the usual borrowing opportunities...
A variety of books for lending, they also hire out videos, cassettes, CDs and audio-visual material. Internet access is also available.
Public Amenities
Ranking This Month: 2424/2740
Pages Hit This Month: 36
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/1510
Credits: http://www.camden.gov.uk/
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142 The Strand», 1.7km
TS Eliot lived here», 3.4km
Dr Johnson's Dictionary House», 1.8km
Home to the Daily Courant», 2.0km
Pepys's Ghost», 1.9km
Author Wilkie Collins lived here», 1.3km
Last Gay Bookshop», 0.8km
Virginia Woolf born here», 3.0km
John Evelyn's House», 1.7km
Lawrence of Arabia's Land», 9.0km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
