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you can never have enough statues….

Posted in Cab Rant, Loving London, Useless London on July 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »

….or, if I was in a Monty Python mood; just one more wafer thin statue. I’ve included the notes I had to write just now to help myself make sense of what I’d seen and tried to record yesterday; the inordinate number of statues in Parliament Square. Not content with the 7 statues that were [...]

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Useless London #3 – The Tower, Colliers Wood

Posted in Useless London on May 5, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Originally called The Lyon Tower but known throughout my childhood as the Brown & Root Building, this monstrosity is now known simply as THE TOWER. A slightly menacing name for what can only be described as a menacing presence on what is soon to be called Colliers Wood Island, but in reality is a crap [...]

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useless london #2 – Tobacco Dock

Posted in Useless London on December 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Following my visit on Monday morning, I’m still feeling slightly depressed. If you include me, the site manager, cleaner, statue of bear and the statue of tiger and boy, you still can’t reach double figures for visitors. There is only one shop that isn’t completely empty – Frank & Steins sandwich shop – but even [...]

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Southwark Bridge

Posted in Useless London on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So there it is, looking quite dashing and desperately trying to look busy and important. But before I go on to slate SB (sorry, can’t be ‘arrised to type Southwark Bridge forever, SB will do.) here’s a bit of ‘istoree (as our delightful Scouse friends would put it) on London’s Bridges in an effort to [...]

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