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That Fleet Street was once an open sewer explains so very much about the state of newspapers in the UK. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Fleet https://en.
by dmckeon 8y ago
That Fleet Street was once an open sewer explains
so very much about the state of newspapers in the UK.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Fleet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Fleet
- caf 8y agoAustralia House has a 900-year-old well that draws from the River Fleet underneath it. Apparently it's good enough to drink these days. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-10/holy-well-lies-underneath-australia-house-in-london/7061722 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-10/holy-well-lies-underne...
- mirimir 8y agoYeah, the descriptions in Stephenson's Baroque Cycle are mind boggling.