(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice

March 17th, 2014, 1pm

It was 13°C with scattered clouds. The breeze was gentle.

I had to make a dash to a shop in the Square Mile in my lunch break today, so it seemed like a good opportunity to snap a few photos in an area that I rarely visit these days.

You either have to be above a certain age, or to like the music of the late 1960s, or both, to be aware of the connection between the road name pictured above and the title of this moment. I’ll put a link to a video at the bottom of this post to help you if you’re still not sure!

The City of London has some great street names, many of them dating from hundreds of years ago. Here are a couple I passed this lunchtime:

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These three roads are all within just a few hundred yards of Sir Christopher Wren’s magnificent St Paul’s Cathedral:

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And here’s the clue, in case you need it:


Mark, Jacob and David Wade said thanks.

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Adrian Tribe

A follower of Jesus Christ, a husband and father, a Kentish Man (not a Man of Kent), a commuter to London

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