tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post413378701089999922..comments2024-03-18T08:20:19.461+00:00Comments on Transpontine: George Melly on TranspontineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-89782326060793288912010-07-30T23:29:32.162+00:002010-07-30T23:29:32.162+00:00My late father lived in London in the forties and ...My late father lived in London in the forties and fifties and when I asked him about south London then he reckoned it was 'a place you would only go if you needed to see relations'.<br /><br />The discussions you have quoted via letter are a bit academic, but the 'place you would only go if you needed to see relations' attitude is still propagated by the likes of Time Out and the Evening Standard.<br /><br />I don't mind though - I am happy to keep the many and varied beauties of south London to those in the know.oryxnoreply@blogger.com