I made some good friends in England when the companies I worked for had
offices there. Wife and daughter and I went over for a visit a few
years later, stayed with some of them here and there. One lived in
London proper, in this area that had all these townhouse kind of things,
all attached. She explained that they were Edwardian, which apparently
dated them to some time period, I forget. Anyway, in the neighborhood
were all these newer units in amongst the old ones, much more modern
designs. So I ask, oh, have people bought these and torn them down, and
rebuilt in a newer style. She says, "Not quite, this was Hitler's
doing." Bombs and V-2s and such created random urban renewal in the hood...
--FT
On 10/1/16 8:17 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Yeah, the wife was watching that. She’s a Father Brown fan.
I really like these shows, not so much for the content but the historical
perspective. I knew little or nothing about the UK from the end of WWII to
maybe the 60s-70s, and have found them pretty fascinating for their treatment
of the historical part of the stories.
I had no idea that WWII did such a number on their society and economy. I
mean, I knew it was bad, but I never knew any of the details.
D
On Oct 1, 2016, at 8:13 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
Father Brown tonight on the Propaganda Broadcasting System has a story around a
crash and muuuuurduhhhhhh, featuring a number of old cars doing a hill climb.
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--FT
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