European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In Flo Mon town so Crit by Leah Larklin stall writer the Camden head is one of the More popular stops on the London pub Usk to a Wmk to London and immediately Check Oul the theatre said a Young now the first thing 1 do is find out what walks Are special walks i conducted by a tour guide in various parts of the walks usually have a and the theme is usually in the footsteps of Sherlock ghosts of the West lost crime and to name a there Are also ale walks and pub groups meet at various underground walk with their guide for two to four hours and pay a Mere so Pence about 80 at that the walks have to be one of the cheapest sightseeing Tours besides the guides Are Well informed and the walks offer both exercise and especially the pub walks which take place in the evening and take in four or five in each Public there it Lime to have a pint and conversation with the others on the As Well As the Lour Joan a pert and bubbly conducts All the pub offered by London one of the Organ unions sponsoring walking hours in she Waves her Union shouts a Snappy come and Lead the troops trom watering Hole to watering Newman is a private Secretary and Public relations assistant far an australian Legal firm by but its the evening Lour guide Job she claims to be addicted she instituted the pub she seems to know everything one could possibly know about yet she never slaps she i was fascinated with she the British live in their pubs life revolves around the first Slop on the tour of pubs in the Islington area of London was the Camden a famous Gin in one House in every four was a Gin Newman four thousand people owed their living to whether Yon Wool la sip Gin or the Camden head is not a bad place Loda everything is red and Pink and victorian in the pub that once wus a the most magnificent Ihling about the place is the the mirrors and windows that were Cut to look like paintings of Birds and there Are no More craftsmen who Cut Glass like Newman so the Glass in the Camden head is onto the a neighbourhood pub where Newman gets a Chance to dig into the heavy bag she swings Over her shoulder and dig out her a variety of drinking the drinking the wooden the be Stirrup the Loving pulls them out and gives a bit of history about heir those behind the bars in the pubs where Newman lakes her tourists know her when she bursts waving her they can she commented one Ive worn out four flags in two says the dynamic Lour Leader three years ago when she got off a Lour bus she decided to become a tour Leader i was sick of being ripped off As a guides Are so its then they expect you to a she leads walks in London because she loves the City and enjoys she earns a percentage of Tho 50 Pence the collects from each but Haridy enough to make it a profitable financial people come they Send their friends to they write to 1 love when i see people coming i know it will be a Good Ilie guide who led a group through vanishing was not As vivacious As Joan but he knew the docks and lots of colourful stories about the past glory of London As a port City whal has been happening in London Dock area is typical of what has been happening in Many deteriorating inner City areas in the in an Effort to prevent further developers arc moving in and creating Chic dwellings or the but what happens to the nols wealthy who Call the area their Home too often they Are driven Oul with no place la the guide he called the neighbourhood of empty rundown Flats and modern building in Twenty years London was the largest ont in he it is number id certainly there arc Marc interesting and picturesque places to see in but its fascinating to learn about the the smugglers and sailors who once lived their Shady lives amid the pubs and warehouses on the Banks of the 1 information about walking Tours of l t London is found in most guide books publications listing weekly events in 1 London usually contain a schedule of Wash j seeing London on fool is not a bad Ujj you cant beat the Price its a fun and enjoyable Way to spend few its great if you Are travelling alone but h Poge u the stars and str Pei Cambridge universities Are nestled among shops and Kyj Jtj