{"id":101588,"date":"2018-11-23T23:30:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T16:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-gospel-oak-north-london-betjeman-hated-it-but-theres-lots-to-love\/"},"modified":"2018-11-24T00:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:03:08","slug":"lets-move-to-gospel-oak-north-london-betjeman-hated-it-but-theres-lots-to-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-gospel-oak-north-london-betjeman-hated-it-but-theres-lots-to-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Gospel Oak, north London: Betjeman hated it, but there\u2019s lots to love"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s shabbier than its illustrious neighbours, but that\u2019s what makes it what it isWhat\u2019s going for it? \u201cHere from my eyrie, as the sun went down\/I heard the old North London puff and shunt\/Glad that I did not live in Gospel Oak.\u201d What an incorrigible snob John Betjeman could be. He was born in Gospel Oak, but couldn\u2019t wait to escape Lissenden Gardens and, as he saw it, haul himself up the social scale when his family moved home up Highgate Hill. Back then Gospel Oak was a shabbier affair, carved up by railway viaducts. Today, London being what it\u2019s become, it\u2019s a lot smarter, though the viaducts are still there, and after Betjeman left they were joined by council estates he\u2019d have doubtless hated. I love the place. When I first moved to London, this is where I dreamed I\u2019d end up, living the north London life. I\u2019d be a professor. I\u2019d be a connoisseur of council estates. I\u2019d probably have a regular column in the London Review of Books and buy organic veg. I\u2019d be a doughty member of community groups. I\u2019d walk my dog on Parliament Hill and swim daily in the lido. Of course, London being what it\u2019s become, and despite still being cheaper than Highgate, I couldn\u2019t even think of affording to live in Gospel Oak. Funny how life turns out.The case against It\u2019s still a shabbier affair than its illustrious neighbours, though I think that\u2019s what makes it what it is. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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