Hampstead
About Hampstead
Hampstead is an area in London, England, which lies 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet. It borders Highgate and Golders Green to the north, Belsize Park to the south and is surrounded from the northeast by Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland.
On the show — 5 mentions total
Between the destruction of these cottages in Hampstead and the writing of the book, I think it was about 20 years. I think it's a long grudge that was held.
from 451: No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling, 2022-11-04 at 00:47:40 · read transcript
Other times Hampstead came up
Ian Fleming named the character Goldfinger after Erno Goldfinger. Erno Goldfinger, the architect, was married to Isabel Blackwell from, yeah, from Cross and Blackwell family, and her cousin played golf with Ian Fleming. The family all hated Erno Goldfinger because he was so mean and nasty. Ian Fleming didn't like him because he'd demolished some houses in Hampstead to build the Willow Avenue. Is it Willow Road? To Willow Road.
451: No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling, 2022-11-04 · listen
Erno Goldfinger, the architect, was married to Isabel Brackwell from, yeah, from Cross and Blackwell family. Her cousin played golf with Ian Fleming. The family or hated Erno Goldfinger because he was so mean and nasty and and Ian Fleming didn't like him because he'd demolished some houses in Hampstead to build the Willow Avenue is it, Willow Road to Willow Road. To Willow Road. His house.
No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling, 2022-11-04 · listen
From Cross and Blackwell family. Her cousin played golf with Ian Fleming. The family or hated Erno Goldfinger because he was so mean and nasty and and Ian Fleming didn't like him because he'd demolished some houses in Hampstead to build the Willow Avenue is it, Willow Road to Willow Road. To Willow Road. His house. In Hampstead. So Ian Fleming was angry that he'd demolished these cottages that had been there before.
No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling, 2022-11-04 · listen
What a great fact. That's going on, series. I almost had a death which I thought if it happened, it would have made a nice list for you. When I was living in Hampstead, we got evacuated from our apartment one day because police were outside. They didn't even tell us, but we went outside and then they didn't let us back in. I was like, what's going on?
No Such Thing As Death By Aardvark, 2014-03-14 · listen
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