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ArtieKat · M
"Have you been to Borough Market?"
"It's sowf of the river!"
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The journey is not much more than ten minutes. Dan's prediction holds good. The bridge holds up. My feet stay dry.
"It's sowf of the river!"
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The journey is not much more than ten minutes. Dan's prediction holds good. The bridge holds up. My feet stay dry.
My favourite book on metropolitan living, “Soft City” by Jonathan Raban, delves deeply into how modern city dwellers carve out in their minds arbitrary areas which they perceive to be safe, and won’t venture outside that - despite the proximity of an attractive new target. (Raban describes your "fear" of the river better than I can)
ArtieKat · M
@OliRos, @Strongtea, I remember when Borough was an absolute wasteland in the late 70s/early 80s and an enterprising young brewer called David Bruce took over a semi-derelict pub, and renamed it as "The Goose & Firkin". It became London's first brew-pub of the modern era - it was quite probably David Bruce who kick-started the whole craft-ale revolution. In about 1980 he produced a "Winter Warmer" ale called "Earthstopper" which was so strong they would only sell it in half-pints. It hit the local London news programmes and proved be wonderful publicity. I got well-pissed on that!!
Louis54 · 70-79, M
With illustrations! I thought this was serious novel. Or is it just a novel kind of novel? At least sowf of the river.