On 2 Jan, 14:42, mirandola
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On Friday, December 28, 2012 12:31:09 PM UTC, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:





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South

of the Thames is a cluster of annexed Surrey and Kentish towns and

villages.

So is much of north of the Thames. Places like Knightsbridge. Kensington

was a place that was difficult to get to because of the state of the

roads. When I was young West Ham was one of the largest towns in Essex.

Hammersmith was a place that rich stockbrokers lived because they liked

to be out in the country - why do you think *three* railways built lines

there from London?

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Hammersmith had its own artistic colony down by the river. AP Herbert's "House by the River" (turned into a great film by Fritz Lang) was based on the area he himself lived in. Gustav Holst lived there and wrote a "Hammersmith Suite."

In the late 1960s I worked in Hammersmith for a year. The atmosphere
by the river was special. It was quite different from King St 1, one
block back. I do not know if the River walk with its pubs has
changed. Hammersmith's two stations seemed disjointed. In those days
the buses stopped at Butterwick(sp) right next to the District and
Piccadilly station. That was very handy, but I have heard that the
facility has gone.