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Early morning London

27/06/2012 donbrown 0

At the beginning of June I did the Nightrider challenge – 100km cycling around London overnight. It was exhausting, tiring, but great fun (a full […]

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‘Go Gay’ Going

04/05/2012 donbrown 1

I’ve always loved the sign for this laundrette on the Wandsworth Bridge Road. It’s lovable partly for the involuntary snigger it always causes, but mainly […]

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The Chislehurst ‘Caves’

16/04/2012 donbrown 0

40 metres or so beneath Chislehurst, a pleasant little suburban village close to Bromley, are the Chislehurst Caves. In fact ‘Caves’ is something of a […]

The Tower Hill Merchant Marine Memorial

07/03/2012 donbrown 0

Directly across the road by the Tower of London, hard by the tube station is the Tower Hill Memorial to sailors of the merchant navy […]

“Your lucky day”: the gold ring scam

24/02/2012 donbrown 42

So, there I am, walking up Chelsea Bridge Road towards Sloane Square. “Look at this!” says a man who has just passed me, “Look what […]

“Big problems call for Big solutions” – the Abercrombie plan

24/01/2012 donbrown 0

“The Proud City” is a wonderful bit of film freely available on the Internet Archive. Made to sell the idea of the Abercrombie plan for […]