West Hampstead Community Blog

Bert Kwouk

West Hampstead resident, 56 Achilles Road Nw6

Notes:

Research life history via web

Are there any biographies at West Hampstead library

Possibly check at neighbours to see if they had any reminiscences

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A Walk Around West Hampstead

Our group went on a little walk around Mill Lane, over to the Greek streets and ending at Fortune Green. Here are some pictures I took on the way.

The Community Centre in Dornfell Street

View down Broomsleigh Street

Flower shop on Mill Lane

Alliance pub on Mill Lane

Hill field Road

View up Agamemnon Street

Agamemnon Road again

Ulysses Road

Fortune Green

Random pictures of a ramble round West Hampstead

Beginning: Outside Community Association Centre. Only mostly Graham, teacher

More general community centre

A rather strange pineapple in an arty-farty shop (of which Hampstead is full) window

To confirm where we are

A bicycle and foliage. Rather attractive in a Laura Ashley/Pashley bicycle kind of way. The other side of West Hampstead.

A flower shop. Quite pretty.

The epitome of cool

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moody blues

Vibrant colours

Local hostelry

Qui?

A lot of steps. Good exercise

Rather exotic strange plants

Rather Italianate

strange horse in window

Pillar box which has seen better days

Just foliage

Spring has sprung

somewhere to sit, phew

Vera remembers the old community centre

John on our walk in West Hampstead

The Community Association for West Hampstead

The Community Association for West Hampstead is a fabulous hub for the community to come together and take part in a range of fun and exciting activities for children, young people, adults and the elderly.

http://www.cawh.org.uk

Houses and flowers

On a walk through Mill Lane and the Greek Streets, I never cease to admire the original features of the houses, such as the traditional tiled front garden paths and colourful stained glass doors.

In Spring the flower boxes on front garden walls lift the spirits of passers-by with their bright splashes of colour. Some houses look welcoming, with a lamp in the window like a beacon in the night. Somewhere else, an inhabitant has added interest to a window by displaying a decorative horse, which may transport the mind to the country it was brought back from.