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Bag checks - what a complete waste of everyone's time! They are generally over cursory, and performed by untrained personnel who unfortunately wouldn't recognize a threat if it had "Bomb" written all over it. Anyone who wanted to carry a weapon through a bag check at such events could easily do so (not necessarily in a bag, either!).
Tim W | 19.01.20 - 10:46 a.m. | #
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n.b. They weren't cursory.
Hence the queue.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 19.01.20 - 10:47 a.m. | #
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I live 3 stops from Wembley Park in the neighbouring borough - yet had no idea it was happening last night!
Though I did spot that roundel as I whizzed past later!
Cornish Cockney | 19.01.20 - 11:56 a.m. | #
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That I read an entire article about something in which I have almost no interest is a clear tribute to your presentational and narrative style.
As ever - a sincere thank you for providing a daily source of interest, inspiration, amusement and entertainment
Frank F | 19.01.20 - 1:10 p.m. | #
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This entertaining article shifted my opinion all the way from "... years of culture and suchlike are a big waste of money" to "... years of culture might not always be a waste of money". So thank you DG for enduring the cold on this occasion, and describing it so well.
Malcolm | 19.01.20 - 1:25 p.m. | #
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Obvious that the sad and afraid, would be negative about the whole thing.
Events like this do tend to mirror the non-indigenous make up of the Boroughs of today, rather than pretending to still be something that they aren't, just like the naff Lord Mayor's Show does. That's the reason the angry old white men don't like them.
Bi-annual events also make them more special and also allows 50 years to pass before Havering or Bexley get a look in.
I wish them success.
Steve | Homepage | 19.01.20 - 3:17 p.m. | #
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n.b. It’s not bi-annual.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 19.01.20 - 3:26 p.m. | #
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It does niggle me that they should make Borough of Culture plural, especially if that is the sort of 'official title' which will do the rounds of all the boroughs.
Culture as something that is (indeed should be, IMO) celebrated is already plural, because it is multi-faceted in as many ways as you want to make it. By adding an s, the emphasis of what you are celebrating changes: 'Cultures' (of different groups, ethnic or other) rather than 'Culture' (something we share in many different ways).
Martin | 19.01.20 - 5:26 p.m. | #
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n.b. It's not officially the 'Borough of Cultures'.
That's Brent's slogan which, as the most diverse borough in the entire UK, seems perfectly valid.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 19.01.20 - 5:29 p.m. | #
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Can't say I'm enticed by any of the activities, though will probably visit the Kilburn High Road event even if the description on the website "London’s oldest, longest and liveliest road" is a touch OTT!
Not sure where all the buses will be diverted though, and I suspect that many of the regular shoppers there will barely pay it any attention.
Mikey C | 19.01.20 - 10:38 p.m. | #
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n.b. Watling Street is arguably London's oldest and longest road.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 19.01.20 - 11:29 p.m. | #
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Not the liveliest though.
Mikey C | 20.01.20 - 4:03 p.m. | #
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In other Boxpark news, I wondered what the fuss and noise was at the Croydon one on Sunday evening and why there was a much heavier police presence than usual. Oh, that.
Andrew | 21.01.20 - 11:09 a.m. | #
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The 'Borough of Cultures' roundel does remind me a bit of a petri dish.
martin | 21.01.20 - 4:53 p.m. | #
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Let's see how long it takes for the railway experts to arrive...
diamond geezer | Homepage | 23.01.20 - 7:00 a.m. | #
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