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AngryMike

Is there anywhere I can see a 3-D topographical map of London?

Posted by AngryMike about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 6 responses

I like to know the lie of the land. Out in the country this is easy but amongst the high-rises and caverous streets of this fair city it’s difficult to get a sense of the geography around you, the sweeping hills and valleys et etc. Is there a map anywhere of the topographical lay of the land of London? I’...

unknown

Are there any more defunct tube railway stations in London?

Posted by unknown about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 3 responses

I spotted a defunct tube station near Aldwych – and it still looked like one. I would like to find more… does anyone know of any?

CravenMavenonline

Impending Employment

Posted by CravenMaven about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

This is a bit like that Edward Norton film, 25th Hour. Except I havent seen it yet, so it might not be. Anyhoo, I’ve been out of work for 2 months, and have just got a new job. Having spent most of the past 8 weeks jobseeking and cursing at daytime telly, I have one week of liberty left. I’d like to make...

vapourtrail

Have you ever bumped into someone from your past in London?

Posted by vapourtrail about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 26 responses

Since moving to London 5 years ago (I also lived here for another 3 years previously), I have gone through a spate of randomly bumping into people from my past. The most extreme being an ex-girlfriend who I had not scene for over 13 years! I was stood over her as she sat reading on a packed tube and didn’t rec...

Happy-face-hoodie_medium

Hoodies Have History Too

Posted 7 months ago 0 responses

Just as concern about our disaffected youth seems to be getting absurdly out of control and becoming a despairingly permanent fixture on our news radar, along comes a media friendly academic to reassure us that it has ever been thus. Read More

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