I love London. I am a Londoner. Born near Chalk Farm in North London. I hopped on the busses and made my way to Hamstead Heath every day of the summer holidays  In England, we had 6 weeks. Mum and Dad both worked, so we would disappear all day to the Heath.

Ponds and forests, we would all be a band of merry kids swimming, fishing, and climbing trees. Names like the Vale of Health and the Spaniards Inn were second nature to me. The Vale of Health was where Londoners evacuated in the Great Plague of 1665, and the Spaniards was built as an Inn by two Sp[anish brothers in 1585!

Hampstead is famous for Keats house. It had a Fun Fair every Easter that was a tradition started by traveling fairs in the 19th century. It  was the best place to find  conkers(horse chestnuts) to play….conkers. A game with a piece of string threaded through a hole in the conker. Simple pleasures. It’s the largest open space in London and has an amazing view atop Parliament Hills of the entire landscape of London. At Kenmore house, a former  stately home and now open to the public, there’s always time for tea and ice cream. It was a kid’s joy.

And there we moved…to…South London! AGHHH!