History
Jeffreys Street is 200 years old this week
This weekend sees a bicentenary celebration of one handsome Kentish Town street
How I painted the famous Camden Lock railway bridge
Artist John Bulley explains how in the 1980s he was asked to tart up the rusty old bridge at the entrance to Camden Market
The mucky history of dog poo (and why we pick it up at all)
Did you know that the law only goes back to the 1990s in the UK? But it all started in New York two decades earlier…
13 brilliant old pictures of Kentish Town
A popular Facebook group is a fascinating resource of memories, anecdotes and pictures from a forgotten era
My Queen’s Crescent family: ‘It was a real working class area’
Regeneration should not occur at the expense of memories and respect for the past, says reader Holly Thicknes
Exposed! This old Fortess Road signage
Feast your eyes on this tasty font from a former Victorian piano-makers
The story of Kentishtowner
We’ve just reached our 8th birthday – so here founder Stephen Emms looks back on how it all began
Know anything about the haunted house on Highgate Road?
Karen Hillier grew up in the house next to the Forum – but they left after a series of terrifying incidents. Can anyone help?
I grew up above the Bull & Gate
Caroline Cook on how her parents built up a local boozer into an iconic music venue. And why she missed Coldplay’s famous stage debut
In Pictures: Camden Town is falling down
But we can’t wait to see it rise again. Here’s why…
About Kentishtowner
The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. For more info on what we write about and why, see our About section.
