Comments on: THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS

By: John Sharman

John Sharman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:09:58 +0000

Beautiful.Bliss was it in that gas lamp dawn to be alive
To be young was very heaven.
A remarkable nostalgic pressing of one’s nose against the decaying window pane of mid sixties London.The markets,market sellers,pie and mash shops.the toilets,street buskers,Spitalfield haunts of the Ripper murders,street kids playing their communal games,the Camden theatre of Marie Loyd,haunts of Sir Christopher Wren,The Round House,tenement blocks,The Salvation Army Hostels,the down and out meths drinkers,the Catacombs.Oh to get away from the swinging sixties of Carnaby Street and wander through a broken down cemetry in Kensal Green.

By: George G. Charaix

George G. Charaix — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:47:14 +0000

I am translating a page from this book into French and find his evocation of lLondon street-markets very humorous and fascinating.Could someone who knows the book well contact me? Thank you kindly. GC

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:12:18 +0000

thanks for the review. I’ve seen the film and loved it. However - I would be aghast to think that this is the only decent documentary of old London in existence. Can anybody recommend something similar, preferably containing old footage of the North West London areas?