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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Misty Morning Southwark Bridge
Thanks to Juleigh Gordon-Orr for this picture taken early yesterday morning from the Millennium Bridge looking towards Southwark Bridge.
Yes I sometimes do remind people who are pessimistic about human progress and pollution that the London air and Thames water are cleaner now than for hundreds of years.
Beautiful
ReplyDeletecan you imagine how bad it would have been without London smoke free laws - hundreds dead
ReplyDeleteoh yes to get political the Tories opposed those laws as well - no regulation - just market forces
Yes I sometimes do remind people who are pessimistic about human progress and pollution that the London air and Thames water are cleaner now than for hundreds of years.
ReplyDeleteLooks scarily Dickensian in a strangly modern way and also slightly apocalyptic. A great photo.
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