tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25182534999156529992024-02-20T03:05:31.013-08:00LONDONJGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-67249308456468577772011-04-16T20:28:00.000-07:002020-06-04T20:28:55.965-07:00STOKE NEWINGTON<br />
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A nightmare to get to via public transport, but once you
arrive, Stoke Newington is a haven and genuinely pleasant part of <st1:place>North
London</st1:place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Verging on the
outskirts it has a village vibe and is inhabited by hipsters, media types and <a href="https://www.thurstonmoore.com/">Thurston Moore</a>.</div>
<br />JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-16558070353930421702011-03-26T08:47:00.000-07:002020-05-22T08:47:36.036-07:00HYDE PARK CORNER<br />
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<st1:place>Hyde Park</st1:place> is the largest royal park
in <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Important to it is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakers'_Corner">Speakers’ Corner</a> (in
the northeast corner near <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.com/2011/01/marble-arch.html">Marble Arch</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its where extremists and nutcases
congregate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the summer the park also
hosts concerts where once I saw <a href="http://www.blacksabbath.com/">Black
Sabbath</a>.</div>
<br />JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-65327935475816127442011-03-22T13:23:00.000-07:002020-05-20T13:24:58.364-07:00FOREST GATE<br />
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Forest Gate is a place in <st1:place>East London</st1:place>
best known for Forest Gate Gate when police apparently incorrectly raided a
house of suspected terrorists.</div>
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When travelling into <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:city>
via <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.com/2009/03/liverpool-street.html">Liverpool
Street</a> you’re likely to pass through it.</div>
<br />JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-49927425923122409732011-02-18T23:18:00.000-08:002020-04-21T23:18:58.390-07:00BAYSWATER<br />
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Bayswater sits on the west edge of central <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.com/">London</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With its <a href="http://jgramnotes.blogspot.com/2009/11/disney-london.html">Disney London</a>
architecture now mostly turned into hotels it feels a bridge between affluence
and commerce.</div>
<br />JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-44400285742959140692011-02-14T07:28:00.000-08:002020-04-19T07:28:44.124-07:00EDGWARE ROAD<br />
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<st1:street><st1:address>Edgware Road</st1:address></st1:street>
feels where the west side of <st1:place>Central London</st1:place> ends.</div>
<br />JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-35963578362043800562011-01-27T00:58:00.000-08:002018-05-31T00:59:21.250-07:00MANOR PARK<br />
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As <st1:place>East <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.com/">London</a></st1:place>
stretches towards <a href="http://jgramnotes.blogspot.com/2009/03/essex.html">Essex</a>
things arrive at <st1:place><st1:placename>Manor</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</div>
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JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-56975969180324672432011-01-07T10:51:00.000-08:002014-01-13T10:51:27.941-08:00RICHMOND<br />
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<st1:city><st1:place>Richmond</st1:place></st1:city> is <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/">London</a> at a stretch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a lovely place just a long ride to get
to.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-64026517694342135662011-01-06T10:35:00.000-08:002014-01-13T10:35:57.703-08:00MARBLE ARCH<br />
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Marble Arch is pretty much where <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/oxford-circus.html">Oxford
Street</a> ends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The arch itself lives
on a traffic island between <st1:street><st1:address>Park Lane</st1:address></st1:street>,
<st1:street><st1:address>Edgware Road</st1:address></st1:street> and <st1:street><st1:address>Oxford
Street</st1:address></st1:street>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was originally designed with the intention of being the state entrance to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace">Buckingham Palace</a>.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-12020517811809984782010-12-14T04:15:00.000-08:002013-10-30T04:15:55.946-07:00LIMEHOUSE<br />
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Limehouse is proper east <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is situated in Tower Hamlets and is on the
bank of the <st1:place>Thames</st1:place> and part of the docklands area.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-87417267143318638742010-11-08T12:57:00.000-08:002013-09-04T12:57:56.384-07:00ELEPHANT AND CASTLE<br />
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Elephant And Castle is a grim part of <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/">London</a> in <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/southwark.html">Southwark</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it’s the station at the end of the south
portion of the <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Bakerloo%20Line">Bakerloo
Line</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My first exposure to the place
was through the <a href="http://www.jimdavidson.org.uk/">Jim Davidson</a>
eighties sitcom <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_the_Elephant_and_Round_the_Castle">Up The
Elephant And Round The Castle</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
good.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-35315160234871558402010-10-18T12:56:00.000-07:002013-07-20T12:57:11.105-07:00ALDGATE<br />
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Aldgate is situated in east <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It rubs up against Whitechapel and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_End_of_London">East End</a>.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-71309163566382992022010-10-08T01:24:00.000-07:002013-05-04T01:25:08.497-07:00EAST FINCHLEY<br />
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<st1:place>East Finchley</st1:place> is actually in <st1:place>North
London</st1:place>, don’t be fooled!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is home to the fantastic <a href="http://www.phoenixcinema.co.uk/">Phoenix
Cinema</a>.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-41744151649361655632010-09-18T01:24:00.000-07:002013-03-01T01:24:58.158-08:00CANARY WHARF<br />
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<st1:place><st1:placename>Canary</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Wharf</st1:placetype></st1:place>
is an immense, modern part of <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The nice parts look like some futuristic city
while on the edges remain old school east <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:city>
slums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so much money here, most
of it foreign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What can you do?</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-21365007981987481832010-09-10T13:53:00.000-07:002013-02-24T13:53:25.317-08:00OLD STREET<br />
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Old Street is situated in east <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is legend that it used to connect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silchester">Silchester</a> to <a href="http://jgramnotes.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/colchester.html">Colchester</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These days though it is quite run down
looking, not least the roundabout that houses the tube station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my circles it is perhaps best known for
previously housing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundry_(bar)">Foundry</a>
bar and these days has <a href="http://xoyo.co.uk/">XOYO</a> just around the
corner.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-78511788299232728382010-09-07T13:00:00.000-07:002013-02-10T13:01:05.849-08:00SOUTH HAMPSTEAD<br />
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<st1:place>South Hampstead</st1:place> is not Hampstead as
you would imagine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason it is
situated between <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/st-johns-wood.html">St Johns
Wood</a>, <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/finchley-road.html">Finchley
Road</a> and <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/swiss-cottage.html">Swiss
Cottage</a> with so much rough along with smooth around it.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-921603431415867192010-08-25T08:00:00.000-07:002013-01-25T08:01:09.675-08:00EMBANKMENT<div class="MsoNormal">
Embankment sits on the north bank of the <a href="http://www.visitthames.co.uk/">Thames</a> (thus the name).</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-86936334226506428012010-08-10T04:55:00.000-07:002013-01-14T04:56:11.395-08:00DALSTON JUNCTION<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t see it myself but it is a
handy mid point between Islington and The City.</span>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-72758530209669792182010-07-31T15:41:00.000-07:002012-12-24T15:41:56.860-08:00SOUTH BERMONDSEY<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<st1:place>South Bermondsey</st1:place> station is the one closest to <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/millwall-fc.html"><span style="color: purple;">Millwall</span></a> football club and as such is the route recommended to away supporters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It links via the <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/London%20Overground"><span style="color: purple;">overground</span></a> to <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/london-bridge.html"><span style="color: purple;">London Bridge</span></a>.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-26004276631861580512010-06-04T05:19:00.000-07:002012-08-07T05:19:55.043-07:00MILE END<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Mile End is situated in East London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s in Tower Hamlets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough said.</span>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-51639035415670303472010-05-29T10:39:00.000-07:002012-08-08T10:40:14.617-07:00BERMONDSEY<br />
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Bermondsey is an old school part of south east <a href="http://www.jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/">London</a> that houses amongst
things <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/millwall-fc.html">Millwall
Football Club</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s not to like?</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-50630492015158096342010-05-28T03:11:00.000-07:002012-08-02T03:13:02.675-07:00SLOANE SQUARE<br />
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Sloane Square sits at the end of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Road">King’s Road</a> in the <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/chelsea.html">Chelsea</a>
area of London and thus is a very affluent and expensive area of town to find
yourself in.</div>
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Its overrated.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-27397269983356741502010-05-25T06:16:00.000-07:002012-08-06T06:17:28.960-07:00PIMLICO<br />
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Pimlico is a really nice part of London situated in <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/westminster.html">Westminster</a>
and sat next to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgravia">Belgravia</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is within reach of the <a href="http://www.visitthames.co.uk/">Thames</a> and places such as the <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain">Tate Britain</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The properties are breathtaking and
expensive and yet somehow over the years I have managed to encounter people
that live there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are very
careerist and driven individual who I sadly possess time to fully appreciate
their surroundings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I’m wrong.</div>
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It is perhaps best known from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealing_Studios">Ealing</a> comedy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_To_Pimlico">Passport To Pimlico</a>.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-21324545104930164592010-05-09T10:27:00.000-07:002012-06-07T10:28:38.013-07:00WEST HAMPSTEAD<br />
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I once went out with a lady from West Hampstead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was quite posh with a double-barrelled
name and thus as result I thought West Hampstead was posh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was wrong.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-88795018466167148512010-05-02T06:58:00.000-07:002012-05-28T06:58:36.584-07:00HOLLOWAY ROAD<br />
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Holloway Road is a lengthy portion of the A1 situated in
north <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/">London</a> and specifically
Islington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is close to <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/arsenal.html">Arsenal
Football Club</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meek">Joe Meek</a>
committed suicide in a house on Holloway Road.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518253499915652999.post-39162008111707334392010-04-23T07:22:00.000-07:002012-05-11T07:23:29.379-07:00WESTMINSTER<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
Westminster is the big important part of London where the powers that be make the big decisions that affect our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is marked by the huge sight of Big Ben overlooking proceedings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is London from a past time.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0