UNDER KEN WOOD UNDER KEN WOOD By NEIL TITLEY © N Titley 2016 Hampstead pond at South End Green I Depiction of the projected motorway through SEG The onion sellers bicycle on Hampstead High St 1998 The Load of Hay in 1997 South End Green in 1745 – Pond St in the distance – the site of the Magdala in the foreground South End Green roughly around the time of RB Sheridan’s arrest I Keats House in Keats Grove, near SEG The grave of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery – with the writer I The Stag Inn, scene of Dr Crippen’s last drink in the UK before flight The Isoken Building, Lawn Road g’. Memorial to George Orwell at Warwick Mansions, SEG The White Horse pub with Orwell’s clock – currently Cork and Bottle. Item in the Ham and HIgh around the time of the hacking scandal. Triffid Alley, SEG – the gate. Triffid Alley SEG – the passage Starbucks Cafe, South End Green Willow Road, home of Erno Goldfinger The Jim Henson bench at the top of Parliament Hill Alley off Hampstead High St, named after Marty Feldman . The East Heath Road home of Thomas Crapper, Marty Feldman, and Boy George. Air Studios, Lyndhurst Road A Wham Corner on Roslyn Hill – made famous by George Michael Michael Foot and the Hampstead MP Glenda Jackson Parliament Hill Fields Scene of the 1960s concerts Parliament Hill Fields bandstand Bookseller and ‘angel’ Anthony Wilson Ant Bronco and his friend Peter Cook Church Row, Hampstead Hampstead Ponds ‘The Writer’ installation on Hampstead Heath The Railway Tavern SEG around 1995 – later the Garden Gate The phone box that featured in ‘Smiley’s People’ The 2001 Arts Project at the ABC cinema – later Marks and Spencer The end of the SEG cinema – site of the M and S store Everyman Cinema, Belsize Park Poet Adrian Mitchell at Roderick Road, near SEG T Roslyn Hill in 1881 by George Clausen 1852-1944 Roslyn Hill in 2015 – the roadworks were completed in 2014 The Royal Free Hospital – with additions Posy Simmonds The Magdala Tavern, South End Green, Hampstead Derren Nesbit in ‘Where Eagles Dare’. Paul Whitson-Jones, actor and bon viveur Sylvia Whitson-Jones, Magdala regular Ernie the taxi driver Pub sign with representation of the Magdala battle Vesna Stojanac’s poster for the Magdala Video Shop in Belgrade, Serbia. I The Magdala Bar, Addis Ababa Ethiopia . Documents relating to Ruth Ellis in the Magdala Bar Mary Watson, landlady of the Magdala 1989-1997 Mary Watson’s amended notice and the ‘bullet holes’ – Magdala Tavern Kirsty Wark of the BBC outside the Magdala Play about Ruth Ellis at the Magdala – by Fiona Ellison Mary Watson, landlady of the Magdala 1989-1997 (with Oscar Wilde) Christiana Baehr (right), landlady of the Magdala 1997- Bagpiper Dave Brookes being arrested for ‘carrying an offensive weapon’ South End Green entrance to Hampstead Heath Parliament Hill Inspector Ken Avis and Annie Scott Alan Booth in doorway of the Railway Tavern. Also Dave Thomson and Keith Jacques Jamie Jamieson-Black in the Magdala The Marathon Café, Chalk Farm The site of the Tunnel Club, now an optician’s shop Robin Garland in the Magdala Steven Mercer in the Magdala Hampstead Heath in winter Dog Show at the Garden Gate, SEG From left to right: Jane McClintock, Andrew Hobday, Tony Elworthy, Terry Weil, David, Peter Bialsky, the Hoffmeister Peter Alderson-Smith, Jonathon, Dave Gravelle. Outside the Magdala Tavern circa 1983 Invitation to Miners money-raising event: Heidi Lee and Brian Loughrin 1984 A Tony Elworthy about to take strike at the Miners Cricket Match in Parliament Hill Fields, 1984 Peter Alderson-Smith at the Miners Cricket Match 1984 Julia Davote John McDonnell, MP in 2006 Hampstead ponds swimming pool Parliament Fields Bernard Kelly Aerial view of Parliament Hill, SEG Hampstead pond South End Green fountain SEG Festival SEG Festival Bernard Kelly on Hampstead Heath 1984 O Bernard Shaw portrait in the Magdala saloon bar Tony Elworthy View of the Magdala across the roofs of SEG The Old Bailey Door, minus knob Dave Quinlan Concert at the lake of Kenwood House, Hampstead Heath Quinlan cartoon Bill Driscoll Hampstead Heath in winter The site of the Old Prompt Corner Chess Café, now part of a coffee chain Terry Weil T St John’s Church, Downshire Hill Declan Mulholland Declan Mulholland in an advert of the 1980s Le Gaffe restaurant, Heath St, Hampstead A Paul Williams Cumnor Pond, with flowers in Paul Williams’ memory ‘Big Nick’ Henderson ‘Big Nick’ Henderson’s grave in Highgate Cemetery Pat McEwan’s ‘memorial’ bench Simon Regan Winter on Roderick Road, SEG Angus James Winter on Pond Street, SEG Winter on South End Green The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Michael ‘Peachey’ March with lady friend Les Hyde playing the squeezebox The Fleet Road chip shop, formerly ‘Michael’s’ Champagne Charlie Beryl Kelly Brian Snoaden Keith Ley Brian and Nadia Kettell. with Scamp ‘Lion’, the Peace Campaigner of SEG Nice Brian Flying Brian Brian Brian McDermott The Water Rats Pub, formerly Pindar of Wakefield, Bob Dylan’s first UK gig Marion Wight Sasthi Brata Locals at Hampstead Pond, SEG Site of Sasthi Brata’s wine bar on Fleet Rd, now a café Richard Ford Victorian Savernake Road, SEG Cornish Pat 9pm O Hairy Richard Cornish Pat 10pm Cornish Pat 11pm Eddie Linden (with Tony Elworthy) ‘Work’ by Ford Madox Brown 1863 – set in Heath Street, Hampstead Locals in the Magdala 1985 Locals at the Magdala 2015 The Black Cap, Camden High St The Black Cap, Camden High St – fighting back The Falcon Site, now a private house Baxter Mitchell in 2012 Locals at the Magdala 2015 Torriano Meeting House John Rety The Roslyn Arms (aka Bar Room Bar) Little Steve Leonie Scott-Matthews at Pentameters Theatre The Belsize Tavern The Coach and Horses The Horse and Groom Jack Straw’s Castle The King of Bohemia The Old White Bear. Danny Mulligan Camden Lock Chalk Farm Road, Camden Camden Lock Camden Lock Camden Lock Danny Mulligan Camden Lock Camden Lock Camden Tube station Camden High Street Andrew Hobday – the Haydn concert Roger Howsam John Southgate John Croucher and Rigsby the Singing Dog Julie Felix in 2013 The off licence owner subsequent to serving Jonathan Ross Mary Watson’s last night 1997 St Stephens Church, Pond St, SEG Under Ken Wood Tony Joyce – the patron saint of the Magdala Tony and Jenny Brendan Extra Photographs – Magdala Locals in the 1990s Angela John Billy David Derek A visitor Gaby Graham Renete Jan with Jim Jason Jeff Jo and her niece Katie Keith and Michael’s dog Jim and Jackie Margaret Mark and Marguerite Meyrick Michael Michael, David and Nikki Michael Michaela, Brendan and Pete Mike Lyndon and Neil Nigel Norma Tam Old Tom Pat Patsy Peter Fitz Pete and Poppy Prof. Mike Robin Steven Steve Sue