Dec 9, 2021
And finally, my podcast about London that I've been promising
for ... quite some time. London of course is one of the world's
biggest and most visited cities, so why am I talking about it?
Well, here I'm going Beyond The Monopoly Board to bring you
thoughts and information from places you might not have heard of,
with help from some of the people who live there. This is as much a
learning curve for you listening as it has been for me making –
there's quite a few of these boroughs I've not been to yet.
When I was writing it, I quickly realised there was so much to say
about them, and, you know, because there were so many of them, that
I figured I'd have to split the subject over two episodes. This
episode, the shorter of the two, is on those boroughs South Of The
River, and as it turns out I talk about them all at least briefly,
except Lambeth. Sorry Lambeth, but you're just too touristy (ymmv
on Southwark though).
Topics discussed include:
* Brief overview of my socialising life
* A farewell to Laura
* Why London?
* Bexley - Big Houses, Guns, and Piers
* Greenwich - The River, The Prime Meridian, and a special
McDonalds
* Bromley - Underground, Overground, but Womble-Free
* Lewisham - Cats, Stuffed Cats, and a 2000 year stone circle
* Southwark - Scandinavian saunas in unlikely places, Sitcoms, and
more things under the ground
* Croydon - A palace (destroyed), an airport (closed), and some
dinosaurs (inaccurate)
* Sutton - Street Art in Middle England
* Merton - Allah says recycle
* Wandsworth - Take the train back to 1970s pop culture
* Kingston - Old Kings, Fake telephone boxes, and a surprising
amount of hipsters
* Richmond - Parklife. And smelly flowers
Contributions in this pod come from:
* Steve from Biggsytravels,
* Laura Lundahl,
* Amanda who is Not A Ballerina,
* Nat the Natpacker,
* Martha who May Cause Wanderlust,
* Seanna on Seanna's World,
* Hannah at Hannah's Holidays, and
* Alexei at Travelexx.
A PDF transcript of this episode is
available.
As always, if you have anything to say about the topic, or indeed
about my podcasting in general, leave a comment or let me know.
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then head on over.
Until next time, bye for now. :)