Sir John Betjeman CBE was a frequent broadcaster on the BBC, firstly on radio and later on television. Betjeman also versified this area, in a poem titled 'Harrow on the Hill': There's a storm cloud to the westward over Kenton, Voysey's The Orchard in Chorleywood. This one has stuck in my head so I suppose it could be classed as an earworm. Forty years ago, this poetic vision found its expression in a. Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Stockbook Metro-Land (TV Movie 1973) - IMDb His poignant poems championed its beauty and absurdity in verse. The then Poet Laureate takes in various buildings; from John Adams Acton's neo-gothic house in St John's Wood, to Norman Shaw's Arts & Crafts Grim's Dyke in Harrow Weald and C.F. John Betjeman - His Life and Work,Patrick Taylor-Martin | eBay I agree with the other answers I've seen, including James Kleinhenz's eloquently terse "No." But a couple of the writers admit to not knowing much about Betjeman, so a. Betjeman's publications during the 1950s, such as A Few Late Chrysanthemums (1954) and Collected Poems (1958), reflect his exploration of themes touched on in his earlier works: an interest in Victorian and provincial architecture, a nostalgia for the past, and religiosity, among others. John Betjeman Collection - DocuWiki Amersham was at the edge of the development, but it owes much of its 20th century growth to Metro-land. Andrew describes John Betjeman as a poet of the suburbs, not of the towns. Betjeman, the Metropolitan Line and the Romance of Trains - HLSI He called Middlesex his favourite county, even beyond his beloved Cornwall where he is buried - and the Poet Laureate crowned Metroland with his famous journey on the `London Transport Metropolitan Line in 1973, captured in the BBC .

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