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A resident of Camden says to a resident of Cricklewood….

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

In other news, it seems that London is in the middle of a secessionist frenzy. My friend ‘Annie Mole’ has a lovely blog here that every Londoner should bookmark. Her latest post reports the possibility that Archway will be renamed ‘Whittington’, – Dick Whittington apparently ‘turned again’ just has he was passing Archway Tube.

A while ago, a campaign was launched to rename Arsenal tube station as well. Apparently these guys had some suggestions that were, like, TOTALLY unacceptable.

Of course, there’s nothing new about secessionism in London as this old documentary illustrates:

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Aug 28th, 2009

Posted in: Locality.
Tagged: Secessionism · The craic is good in Cricklewood

One Comment

Dave Cole says:

August 28, 2009 at 3:40 pm

One day, people coming in on the Metropolitan line will need a passport. Oh, happy day, when we see an independent London…

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