A winter fog descends over London
There’s a murky fog descending over London, evoking memories of the notorious pea-soupers that blighted the capital in the post war period. Above, you can see the top of the St …
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It’s a cold, foggy night in Brixton tonight
Although nowhere near as the dense or as downright dangerous as the notorious London ‘Pea Soupers‘ of the 1950s, things are still pretty misty around Brixton at the moment, with the town …
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Brixton fog, 7am Sunday morning. And a bit about pea soupers
Gor blimey guv’nor, there was a propah, old-fashioned London pea souper over Brixton this morning, with the thick, billowing grey mist reminding me of the Carter USM gig earlier.
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Banbury railway station: fog, semaphore signals and trainspotters
My train back from Cardiff yesterday ended up taking a curious diversionary route into Oxfordshire, with the HST ending up at Banbury station for 20 minutes before reversing out in the opposite direction. With the station …
Read MoreFoggy London town
It’s a bit foggy tonight, but visiting Americans hoping to see the mass of swirling thick clouds shown in ‘Gor Blimey Guv’nor’ films about London will be disappointed – we …
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