Torch Chasing In East London – Royal London Hospital
My granddaughter was born in the Royal London Hospital. So I had to go along and take some pictures.
The hospital now has been almost completely reconstructed and the famous facade is in the process of being refurbished. Note how in the distance in many of these pictures you can see The Gherkin.
Torch Chasing In East London – Stepney Green to the Royal London Hospital
I then walked along the Mile End Road to then catch the torch at the Royal London Hospital
As I walked I met an engineer of Bangladeshi origin , who had been born in the area and he added to my knowledge of the local history. We did wonder what William Booth would have thought of the Olympics and the changing face of the East End of London. Sadly some of the problems he highlighted and fought are still around.
I wonder how many pictures of the Torch Relay will feature that branch of Barclays at the corner of the infamous Sidney Street in the background. I await the writ from Lloyds TSB to remove my two pictures.
Torch Chasing In East London – Stepney Green
I went torch chasing in East London yesterday. I first took the Tube to Stepney Green station.
The crowds weren’t that big, but this was because most of the people were at Stepney Green itself, rather than on the main road, by the Tube station. Probably sensible, as it is one of the main roads in and out of London.
Where’s the Tour de France
On a day, when we’re going to win France’s most prestigious sporting trophy, where is the action?
Radio 5 has some golf and you can only get fleeting bits between the adverts on ITV4.
The Black Prince, Henry V, Hawke, Cochrane, Nelson, Wellington and John Churchill will all be spinning in their graves. I suspect too,that even the French won’t be very pleased, as I think they’d prefer to see France shown at its best to Les Anglais and also as they’ve rather taken to our Bradley. Perhaps we can all take a leaf out of his book and learn to speak better French.
The Anonymous Widower 