Day: 18 April 2013

Pinboard extra: Cilla Black singing, “They’ve taken London Bridge Away!”

We loved Travis Elborough’s brilliantly bizarre Wednesday Picture story yesterday about the sale, in the 1960s, of London Bridge to an Arizona oilman. Yep. Our 1831 John Rennie-built SE1 river crossing now stands in a desert resort. What we hadn’t heard, yesterday, was Cilla Black’s 1969 B-side recording of London Bridge. A lament about lost love – …

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Pinboard: media fame, secret urban gardens and Shakespearian suppers

1. Our first print advert! Oh look. That’s us, that is. Starring in our first ever print advert. Woo! The ad features in the hot-off-the-press print edition of our award-winning, BBC1 News bothering sister title, Kentishtowner, which our north London pals can get their mitts on today. And big cheer to anyone who recognises the south …

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