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The green light you mention is almost certainly from 120 Fenchurch Street. It has translucent panels in green and red, and if the sun’s in the right position it often projects colours on nearby buildings. It also has an excellent free viewing platform that you don’t have to book for, although obviously it’s closed at the moment.
Baldassaro | 04.09.20 - 7:06 a.m. | #
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Scrolling down the page reading your stories I was surprised to see a giant concrete obelisk between two blocks of flats. Further scrolling revealed it to be a small wooden signpost in the ground which was a bit of a disappointment.
milliem | 04.09.20 - 7:27 a.m. | #
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DG, your photo of Tower Bridge is fab, pleasure boat notwithstanding. And “ masturbatory hyperbole” is one of your jewels!
Toni | 04.09.20 - 7:34 a.m. | #
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It may be that the start and finish on Wanstead Flats are for the parkrun there. Certainly possible if you were near a pavilion in the South West corner. It’s normally run clockwise ie you start off with the flats on your left.
Robert Butlin | 04.09.20 - 8:17 a.m. | #
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I may be wrong but I believe that either John Walsh Tower or Fred Wigg Tower were used as the location where Alf Garnet and his family were supposed to be living in the film Till Death do us part.
dg writes: correct
fishislandskin | 04.09.20 - 8:32 a.m. | #
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Robert Butlin - you are indeed correct. I have partaken of 31 Wanstead Flats Parkruns there and am missing it since lockdown.
And Toni beat me to it loving the term “masturbatory hyperbole!"
Tim | 04.09.20 - 8:50 a.m. | #
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Speaking of Cathy, I used to be Toni until some gremlin changed it. I’ve nothing against Cathy, just that Toni is my name. DG, can you fix it?
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terrific shot of Tower Bridge and i enjoyed the variety of observations resulting from the 3 miles from home criteria, rather like a box of superior chocolates.
the other eric | 04.09.20 - 11:22 a.m. | #
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Toni - I can fix that retrospectively.
You can fix it going forwards by leaving a name in the 'Name' box.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.09.20 - 12:00 p.m. | #
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Thanks DG.
Toni | 04.09.20 - 2:20 p.m. | #
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I wonder when Baldasarro's statement 'it’s closed at the moment' will be either be out of date or lose the 'at the moment'. Fingers crossed the former, and sooner rather than later.
Will | 04.09.20 - 3:01 p.m. | #
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Memory Lane time DG. Passmore Edwards was our local library which used to have an excellent selection of children's books in the 1950's and 60's.
It's great to see it still standing, a superb testament to the civic pride and the socialist ideals of community education and personal improvement through publicly funded services, a key feature of East Ham County Borough.
I hope that a community use can still be found for the building to ensure its future usefulness to the local population.
IanD | 04.09.20 - 4:45 p.m. | #
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Ssh, don't tell DG that under certain sunlight conditions, the ornamental railings on Westminster Bridge cast shadows that look like knobs.
dg writes: One of Londonist's most-repeated tweets.
Matt | 05.09.20 - 9:10 a.m. | #
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