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Getting It Straight Foreword

Contents Getting it Straight in Notting Hill Gate The Folk Who Lived On The Hill FOREWORD BY CATHI UNSWORTH Do you choose a place to live, or does the place choose you? Tom Vague took a meandering route to the district of Notting Hill, in London borough of Kensington & Chelsea. But once he had …

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Gladstone Street, SE1

Gladstone Street was built in the 1840s.

Eaton Square, SW1W

Eaton Square is one of the jewels in Belgravia’s crown.

Agar Grove, NW1

Formerly known as St Paul’s Road, the name Agar Grove dates from 1938.

Kensal Road, W10

Kensal Road, originally called Albert Road, is the heart of Kensal Town.

Castelnau, SW13

Castelnau was called Upper Bridge Road until 1889 leading as it did to Hammersmith Bridge.

Winthrop Street, E1

Winthrop Street was formerly a narrow street running east-west from Brady Street to Durward Street.

Langthorne Street, SW6

Langthorne Street is final step in the Alphabet Streets of Fulham.

City Thameslink

City Thameslink is a central London railway station within the City of London, with entrances on Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct.

Knockholt

Knockholt station is two miles from the village of the same name.