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Outstanding, fascinating series DG - each time I've finished a segment I've been looking forward to the next!
Might it be possible for you to make a 51½°N link somewhere so I can share this series to others, who can then read it all in one place perhaps?
dg writes: I'll do that tomorrow, Philip.
Philip Brown | 25.08.18 - 7:25 a.m. | #
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Congratulations on completing another great journey!
From that extravagant tombstone and his full family (I am yet to have anything like spouse or children now that I almost spent double as long as he ever lived), I wonder how the nearly 18 guy died...
Patrickov | 25.08.18 - 8:01 a.m. | #
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In addition to travelling to and photographing these places yourself "so we don't have to", I admire and appreciate the detailed research that you undertake (and link to) which often further illuminates seemingly uninteresting places.
Thank you.
Frank F | 25.08.18 - 8:04 a.m. | #
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Good series, Mayfields Syndicate does sound a bit sinister, maybe the lake is full of stolen loot.
Still Anon | 25.08.18 - 8:17 a.m. | #
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Another thank you for a fascinating series.
Real life, ordinary people and ordinary places are much more interesting than contrived glamour and excitement.
RosemaryT | 25.08.18 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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Bravo, bravo, this was a wonderful journey, full of colour and detail, told engagingly, with humour and insight. Pleased to have been with you "every step of the way".
Waterhouse | 25.08.18 - 8:55 a.m. | #
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Really enjoyed this series, thanks!
Would you consider doing a similar one for the widest North-South longitude in London (which I think's just north of Trent Park to just south of Old Coulsdon)?
Ed S | 25.08.18 - 9:13 a.m. | #
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And there ends another DG exploration into London’s psychogeography. Once again, another great read - thank you.
But where next?
Marc | 25.08.18 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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Jerry was obviously much loved, but shame there are more spelling mistakes on his headstone than a TfL map.
My favourite headstone (in East Ham) reads:
"A loving wife, a mother dear.
A loving friend lies buried here.
Free from malice, void of pride,
So she lived and so she died."
Simply stated.
scrumpy | 25.08.18 - 10:21 a.m. | #
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A remarkable funerary monument. Another excellent series. Thanks for all your work on this.
Blackcat3000 | 25.08.18 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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What a great end to a fascinating series.
Thanks for all your much appreciated, hard work, DG.
Cornish Cockney | 25.08.18 - 11:08 a.m. | #
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Usually, those extra extravagant grave treatments are associated with the travelling community or 'gypsies' as sometimes referred to.
B | 25.08.18 - 11:17 a.m. | #
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There are a lot current, recently-ex or descended-from Travellers in and around West Drayton, according to the one I work with. See also DG's comment "The handful of people who live out here, on the very edge of London, own fiercely-defended detached homes behind spiked walls and electric gates" - no doubt at least in part because, as mentioned just before, they're just over the river from Colne Park Travellers Site.
BA own some of the greenfield land, and possibly brownfield land, in the area so no doubt as Heathrow expansion starts up much of it will disappear under concrete, either for the works themselves or to build "luxury riverside flats" to finance the works.
Bob | 25.08.18 - 11:32 a.m. | #
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A fascinating series, amazing to hear about these obscure parts of London!
Mikey C | 25.08.18 - 1:05 p.m. | #
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I thought Irish Traveller as well. They sadly have a lower life expectancy than settled people; they also marry very young.
Silent Hunter | Homepage | 25.08.18 - 2:12 p.m. | #
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Thanks,dg, this has been a particularly fascinating series to read
Dominic H | 25.08.18 - 6:00 p.m. | #
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Brilliant series; many thanks.
Roger French | Homepage | 25.08.18 - 7:43 p.m. | #
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And, DG slowly walks into the sunset...
Thanks, its been fascinating, and this concluding post has solved my curiousity about exactly what is the mishmash parcel of land betwixt the M4 and M25 north (seen far too often due to traffic jams).
My earlier question about what is the width of the latitude path you were following was based on my inability to visualise anything other than due north/south for Westminster Bridge (like Waterloo Bridge nearly is - and all the other bridges in London for that matter). It took me years to connect Victoria with Whitehall and I still feel uneasy traversing this section of pavement.
Posted at today's sunset time (20:04) at the west London boundary.
Ken | 25.08.18 - 8:04 p.m. | #
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Parallel lives indeed. Another series superbly observed and reported.
Ah, the Old Mill House, West Drayton – handy for Harmondsworth, longtime liminal imprint of Penguin Books.
Do you think that South Bucks District and Buckinghamshire got permission to plant their welcome sign on London Borough of Hillingdon soil? https://goo.gl/maps/KJ1Cfa6a6Y32
Rich G | Homepage | 25.08.18 - 11:27 p.m. | #
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Thank you for a wonderful series.
Jonathan Wadman | 27.08.18 - 9:20 a.m. | #
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