Golders-Green.com http://www.golders-green.com A vibrant north london neighborhoud Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:07:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Golders Green http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/golders-green/ http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/golders-green/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:28:24 +0000 admin http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/golders-green/ Golders Green is an area within the London Borough of Barnet in London, England.
Golders Green is somehow of a suburb of London and is about five miles northwest of Charing Cross.

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]]> http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/golders-green/feed/ History of Golders Green http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/history-of-golders-green/ http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/history-of-golders-green/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:28:07 +0000 admin http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/history-of-golders-green/ Golders Green has been a part of the manor of Hendon since the thirteenth century.
Early map references call it the “Temple Fortune”. The name likely refers to the Knight of St. John who had land in the area. Fortune may be derived from a small settlement on the route from Hampstead to Hendon arrived at before arriving at Hendon.

In 1895, a Jewish Cemetery was established near Ducksetters Lane and the Golders Green Crematorium was opened in 1902.

A significant movement of people into the suburb happened in the early 1900s. In 1907, the Golders Green Tube Station opened up. Both the Golders Green Hippodrome and the BBC Concert Orchestra were built in 1913. The church of St. Edward the confessor was built in 1916. The Aida Foster School of Drama turned out students like Elizabeth Taylor, Jean Simmons and Barbara Windsor.

]]> http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/history-of-golders-green/feed/ Attractions to Golders Green http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/attractions-to-golders-green/ http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/attractions-to-golders-green/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:27:49 +0000 admin http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/attractions-to-golders-green/ Visitors to Golders Green can see the Golders Hill Park.

This park is adjoining Hampstead Heath (a formal park that was the site of a large house that burned down in the 1930s). Now it has a walled garden, lovely ponds, a water garden and a small children’s zoo.

The zoo has been recently renovated to contain many varieties of small birds and other animals. The park also has an ice-cream bar and a cafй. Next to the park is the Hill, a formal garden with an extensive pergola.

Golders Green Crematorium is the most famous feature in Golders Green. It is an extensive crematorium garden with a special children’s section and a pond. It has several buildings and is sometimes referred to as the “celebrity crematorium” because of all of the famous people who have been cremated there, including Sigmund Freud and Neville Chamberlain.

]]> http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/attractions-to-golders-green/feed/ Golders Green in Popular Culture http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/golders-green-in-popular-culture/ http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/golders-green-in-popular-culture/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:27:25 +0000 admin http://www.golders-green.com/2007/10/27/golders-green-in-popular-culture/ A 1999 posthumously released album was released on behalf of Pete Ham.
Pete Ham is the guitarist and vocalist of the group Badfinger entitled “Golders Green”. Ham and his previous band, the Iveys, lived in Golders Green before Ham joined Badfinger.

In addition, the man who was immortalized in the movie Chariots of Fire lived in Golders Green.

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