Funny what you say about Camden - that perhaps you never knew one another. I think it was the idea of Camden Market that I loved as a teenager, rather than the place itself. When I go through Camden now, I feel a bit of the old frisson, but I have to admit that I'm not charmed by the reality.
I like the way you memorised the street names as you ran. A lovely way of claiming them as your own.
Thank you so much Caroline! Interesting to know you feel the same. I'm completely fascinated by the ways our relationship to place are formed by memories. I feel this a lot with King's Cross - I know a lot of people remember it as a dodgy place, but I lived there just as the new developments were being built, when it was just cranes and rubble, so feel like I came into adulthood alongside Coal Drops Yard etc. Anyway, thanks for reading!
I never knew Kings Cross in the old days. When I was growing up in London, it was considered a no-go area. I wish I'd seen it now! That area has seen so much change.
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Funny what you say about Camden - that perhaps you never knew one another. I think it was the idea of Camden Market that I loved as a teenager, rather than the place itself. When I go through Camden now, I feel a bit of the old frisson, but I have to admit that I'm not charmed by the reality.
I like the way you memorised the street names as you ran. A lovely way of claiming them as your own.
Thank you so much Caroline! Interesting to know you feel the same. I'm completely fascinated by the ways our relationship to place are formed by memories. I feel this a lot with King's Cross - I know a lot of people remember it as a dodgy place, but I lived there just as the new developments were being built, when it was just cranes and rubble, so feel like I came into adulthood alongside Coal Drops Yard etc. Anyway, thanks for reading!
I never knew Kings Cross in the old days. When I was growing up in London, it was considered a no-go area. I wish I'd seen it now! That area has seen so much change.